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.Lawmakers on both sides of the aisle have taken to X to praise the Secret Service and to condemn political violence following the second attempt on Trump’s life today.
As he left the briefing, ranking member Jason Crow, D-Colo., was asked whether he was confident that Trump and Harris are safe. However, the party did not cease its incendiary rhetoric on the website, later posting a poll asking,"Would it have been good or bad if at least one governor who instituted lockdowns had been shot?" seemingly referring to Covid-era lockdowns.The House task force investigating the first attempt to assassinate Trump said it is seeking a Secret Service briefing on today's incident.
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.
The Secret Service confirmed previous reporting that its agents fired at the suspect, which occurred when an agent scouting ahead of Trump spotted a the weapon in the bushes.Trump is now back at Mar-a-Lago following his evacuation from his golf course, a source familiar with the matter said.A source familiar with the matter who just got off the phone with Trump said the former president was talking about his golf game and kept saying he was glad he is alive.
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