Los Angeles-Area Law Enforcement on Heightened Alert After Trump Assassination Attempt

Los Angeles-Area Law Enforcement on Heightened Alert After Trump Assassination Attempt
Los Angeles Police Department officers are deployed around the police headquarters in Los Angeles, Calif., in this file photo. Kevork Djansezian/Getty Images
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LOS ANGELES—Los Angeles-area law enforcement officials remain on heightened alert Sunday following an assassination attempt on former President Donald Trump during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, although there were no known threats locally.

“The LAPD is monitoring the shooting that occurred [Saturday] in Pennsylvania involving Former President Trump, and there is no known threat or connection to the City of Los Angeles,” LAPD Interim Chief Dominic Choi said in a statement posted on the social platform X.

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