Law enforcement officials have identified the person taken into custody after Secret Service officers fired shots at a man holding a semi-automatic rifle near where former President Trump was golfing.
A suspect concealed in bushes pointed an AR-style rifle with a scope into Trump's West Palm Beach, Florida golf course from outside the fence line. Trump was about 400 yards away, officials said.The suspect, Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, also had a GoPro camera and a backpack with ceramic tiles when he was near the course.Law enforcement officials say a suspect is in custody after being spotted with an assault-style rifle near where Trump was golfing.
"We have requested a briefing with the U.S. Secret Service about what happened and how security responded," the task force's chairman, Mike Kelly, R-Pa., and ranking member, Jason Crow, D-Colo., said in a statement."We are thankful that the former President was not harmed, but remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all of its forms. The Task Force will share updates as we learn more.
An eyewitness spotted the suspect, who has not been identified, fleeing from the bushes in a black Nissan, Bradshaw told reporters. The witness reached out to law enforcement with photos of the vehicle and its license plate that were used in an alert to other agencies to be on the lookout.A road control unit with the Martin's County Sheriff's Office then spotted a vehicle matching the description in the alert heading northbound on Interstate 95 and matched the license plates.
An alert to"be on the lookout" was immediately dispatched, and a license plate reader led authorities to the suspect, he said. "There were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumors start spiraling out of control, I wanted you to hear this first: I AM SAFE AND WELL!" the email said.An AR-style rifle was found outside the fence line of Trump's golf course, and authorities believe it belongs to the person who has been detained, four senior law enforcement officials told NBC News.
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