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Call came out, shots fired. That was called by the Secret Service because were in constant contact with them all the time. We were notified and we had units hear that immediately seal off the area fortunately, we are able to locate a witness that came to us and said, hey i saw the guy running out of the bushes he jumped into a Black Nissan and i took a picture of a vehicle and the tank, which was great. So we had that information. Our realtime Crime Center put it out to the License Plate readers and we were able to get a hit on that vehicle on i95 as it was headed at the Martin County we got to hold a Martin County Sheriffs Office first alerted them and they spotted the vehicle and pulled it over and detain the guy after that, we took the victim. Im sorry. Witnessed that witnessed the incident, took flew them up there and he identified as the person that he saw running out of the bushes at jumped into the car now in the bushes were this guy was is ak47 Style Rifle with a scope two backpacks, which were home on the fence that ceramic pilot them, and a gopro, which he was going to take pictures out so those would being processed right now. The secret Service Agent that was all the course did a fantastic job, what they do is they have an agent that jumps one whole ahead of time toward a president. Was and he was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engaged that individual, at which time individual tough on thats what we know about the investigation. We have somebody in custody right now that as a potential suspect, we got a little bit more work to do on it what as we usually do as soon as we decide if were going to book amid at a county jail. The charges that hes going to be booked into will get those to you and well get a picture of them. And well get you his background so now going to turn it over to the representative of the Secret Service, and hes going to make a Brief Statement or good afternoon, everyone. One car first one or thank all of our Law Enforcement partners to include the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office in Martin County Sheriffs Office for their involvement former President Donald Trump is safe and own harm following a protective incident shortly before 2 00 p. M. On sunday at trump international Golf Club at west Palm Beach the u. S. Secret service personnel opened fire on a gunman located near the Property Line this matter is under investigation. Ill turn it over to my partners over the fbi everyone. My name is jeffrey. Theyll tree im the Special Agent in charge of the Fbis Miami Field office the fbi has assumed the role as the the federal Law Enforcement agency in the investigation of the incident that occurred earlier today at trump international Golf Course here in west Palm Beach, Florida Weve deployed a number of resources included in the investigative teams, Crisis Response Team Members Bomb technicians and evidenced Response Team members as well what we need right now is for the public to avoid the area around the Golf Course we will continue to support this investigation with the full resources of the fbi alongside our partners with the united states Secret Service and the Pomp Amit Sheriffs Office, as well as Martin County Sheriffs Office and state and local Law Enforcement i would ask that if anyone has any information that may hey, assist with this investigation to contact our Tip Line at 1800. Call fbi or at tips . Thats tie Ips Dot Fbi thank you State Attorney for Palm Beach county. I want to thank Sheriff Bradshaw and our partners are the local, state and federal levels im here because our prosecutors are currently working up warrants and a motion for pretrial detention for the suspect in that way he will be kept in custody, but are filing of these warrants and charges at the State Level does not preclude federal charges that could be coming. But in the meantime, it looks like the warrants and a pretrial Detention Motion will happen first and again, i want to thank the Cooperation Weve had with our federal partners partners and at the local level. And thank you all for me here today okay. Were gonna make these pictures available to you. It show you a picture of the backpack and the rifle. And it was its also a gopro on the fence there where he was intent on now filming what was going on. Even though were going to have to secure a couple of areas around the Golf Course here sure the public doesnt need to panic. We know that we got a Post Office, a library, and a school down the street. So well make it convenient for it to get to all the places you need to go so get your kids to school, get them over here at the Post Office or wherever else you need to go. Its safe. Theres no more danger here, and well make it very convenient for you so having said that, were going to take a very limited amount of questions and you can direct them to who you want to answer the question shared. This individual weekend, he said he was being no statement right now, as far as his involvement in the incident and there was further investigation to be completed and i this underscores the windows. Since there was a bright somewhat agents the Golf Course 0. 24 for them so he saw that is correct, yes president of course, it was one or two holes behind that because the bubble moves up through the Golf Course so our agents will get their first clear. He noticed that the rifle was pointing out our agents engaged were not sure right now if the individual visual was able to take a shot, her our agents but for sure our agents were able to engage with you with ai the pearson away was the president who was Donald Trump when this gentleman was caught . Between three and 500 yards but with a rifle and a scope like that, thats not a long distance with the Secret Service how for was your age would be a say that i i am sure right now. Were still looking into reports of rounds initial fire of all your age . That is correct. For six, were not sure was there the longest yes. Yes happen and refuse your references or any of security here saying that one more time and talk up a little bit to happen is your references there any security have evolved well, youve got to understand and if the off course is surrounded by shrubbery. So when somebody gets into the shrubbery, theyre pretty much out of sight all right. And at this level that he is at right now, hes not the city president. If he was, we would have a higher Golf Course around it. Well, because hes not security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service dbs possible so i would imagine that the next time becomes at a Golf Course, theyll probably be a little more people around the perimeter but the Secret Service did it exactly what they should have done. They provided exactly what the protection should have been and their agent did a fantastic job was course. Youve got three holes, 567 right . One of them runs parallel to some boulevard, one of the runs parallel to congress, and he was at an area in the shrubbery where he could see both holds. So the president was another whole back, which means hes about between four and 500 yards away. Hes on the Golf Course. Yeah. But hes back a ways for the Secret Service havent changed at all nice and protect former President Donald Trump is now second potential second. Countdown. And can you just elaborate on how things have changed you make yes. The Threat Level is high we have increased the amount of acids that we supported. So we are we live in danger times, done with questions right now. Theres really nothing more for us to add. This one ill tell you. The Secret Service and the fbi, and the State Attorneys office have been fantastic to work with and i can tell you right now, our agency with this real time five center was fabulous. Thats how we got the guy we started out with. We dont know anything to where we had a tag. We had a Vehicle Description and we got area where we saw the person. So be proud, be proud of your Law Enforcement thanks, folks. Will get back to you there you have the Palm Beach county sheriff, Ric Bradshaw updating us kaitlan. We learned some important information about this suspect. He was a presumably they said at one point between 300500 yards away, trump was playing golf at his at his golf of course there he was apparently walking between wHole Number five and Hole Number six. And the suspect with this ak 40 Style Rifle and we did learn it did have a scope. So it even though it was 300 to 500, he was 300 to 500 yards away from trump the Law Enforcement we just heard from this briefing that that is not a far distance for this type of Ak Ak47 with a scope which is pretty chilling when you think about that. So weve got a little bit more information there and the suspect is in custody. We heard from the Palm Beach county attorney, dave aronberg, saying there ricky, now, on some state charges, but there will be presumably federal charges as well. Yeah. I mean, wolf, the sequence of events the officials just laid out is nothing short of stunning what you heard from the Palm Beach county sheriff, what you heard from Secret Service there, and they basically confirmed cnns reporting, but also gave us a few more details which is that a witness was later later was able to identify the person that they have taken into custody. They referred to him as a potential suspect. They said that he fled from the bushes outside of trumps course after he was, after the Secret Service had engaged him. And what they said was that the Secret Service, basically, when trump is golfing, they travel one whole one or two holes ahead of him and a protective measure and a secret Service Agent was able to see the barrel of the rifle that ak47 that they later found in the bushes sticking out from those bushes. And then engaged with this person who then drop to the gun apparently and ran and jumped into what they said was Black Nissan, a witness was later able to confirm that, yes. The person they later apprehended and that nissan was the person they saw running out of the bushes and wolf, they said that they found in the bushes, not only that ak47 gun, would the scope, as you noted there, but also to backpacks and a gopro that the sheriff then followed up and said was attached to the fence. So the person apparently intent on recording whatever was happening there in that and its just remarkable that an agent was able to see that Rifle Barrel to engage with this person before Donald Trump came up to that hole on this Golf Course, they said the Secret Service did exactly what they should that person is then is in custody and a remarkable statement there when a reporter asked the Secret Service official who was in on hand about security or measures being ramped up after what happened in butler, pennsylvania. And he talked about the number of protectees that they nav how now have in their custody and said, simply we live in dangerous times, wolf very dangerous times indeed, and ive heard repeatedly from Law Enforcement sources that their fear is the threats are only going to continue as this political campaign goes down. We have no idea what, what if any, motive this suspect that theyve apprehended now may have had, but theres a lot of concern given the fact that this is now what the fbi publicly describes as a second Assassination Attempt against the former President Of The United States Charles Ramsey, chief ramsey, give me your thoughts on what we just heard. Well, i mean, there was a lot of information that came out 130 is when shots were fired by Secret Service is still unclear whether or not the individual is able to get a Shot Off or not, doesnt sound like they were unless they were firing it Secret Service. But the Secret Service definitely saw him and you had a witness that actually saw an individual digital run out of the shrubbery, get into a car and had the presence of mind to take a photograph of the car and the tag. I mean, without that, this person probably would still be out there and police would be searching for so that witness really deserves an awful lot of credit. We dont we know that it was an Ak 47 firearm. It rifle with a scope, which makes it even more dangerous than it would normally be and that the fbi is the lead. Now on this and that information from the fbi that came out now officially saying it looks like an attempted assassination again, just two months ago we were talking about this butler, pennsylvania and here we are again, this individual was equipped and ready to film, probably livestream maybe, who knows . Thats the world were in right now. And i think the Secret Service sack said it right . These are dangerous times right now. And its Straining Resources of Secret Service a us marshall service, wed never talk about the marshall service. But the Marshal Service resources are strained for protecting individuals that dont fall under Secret Service protection. So these are just very, very dangerous times. That perimeter was not secure in the future. I imagine it will be but still that secret Service Agent was able to spot the barrel of the gun and prevent a tragedy from occurring. All right standby, chief ramsey, Andrew Mccabe is with us as well. Former Deputy Director of the fbi, cnn Law Enforcement analysts were showing our viewers on the right side of the screen some pictures that they just released at this News Conference, the backpack two backpacks that were found including a gopro that was in one of them backpacks including this Ak 47, with a scope that means they can target somebody from a distance of far distance, an ak47 has an enormous range and with a scope, you can actually target someone for assassination. The fbi is now calling this andrew at attempted assassination it appears to be in their words. Ill give you exactly what they said, what appears to be an attempted assassination of trump. This would be the second time in the past two months of an attempted assassination of the former President Of The United States give us your thoughts, andrew well it is definitely an attempted assassination wolf. I mean, we will have to see what the suspect ultimately says. And if if the Fbi Investigation is successful in unearthing some evidence of his motives, but i think its pretty fair to say we know likely what he was trying to accomplish there hiding in the bushes outside the Golf Club as chief ramsey mentioned, once again, this is the second time that we have averted a disaster and really we got really lucky on two counts this time. One is of course that the Secret Service officer notice the barrel a gun sticking through that chainlink fence imagine this, youre standing on a Golf Course, youre looking to the fence behind the fence is all kinds of different shrubbery and bushes and trees and things like that that barrel of the gun typically would blend right into that background. So what an amazing kind of headsup ever vigilant approach by that Secret Service officer. Then the second huge break was the witness. Witness who happens to see the Guy Running Out Of The Woods and has the presence of mind to take a photograph of the vehicle, gets in in the License Plate on the vehicle, so that thats what enabled the very quick response by Law Enforcement to identify him on 95 heading north, fleeing the area. And of course, taking him into custody as for the ak47, i mean, thats a very capable rifle and shoot a fairly large bullet that the ak47 shoots is larger and more powerful than what we we normally see in the in the weapons that are used at Mass Shooting events of weapon that was used at butler, the ar15 the bullet from the ak47 is a about similar 30 caliber rounds, which is the route thats used by Law Enforcement snipers. So could it travel 500 yards accurately absolutely. We the scope helps the Shooter Shoot accurately. Its going to take a little bit of Training And Practice to get somebody to deliver around like that accurately at that distance, but certainly within the realm of possibility, we dont know if this individual had any Law Enforcement or back or a military background, if hes got any shooting, are Marksman Ship and his background, but those are all things that the that the fbi will be looking into because we have a live shooter, unlike butler, this is a case thats going to be an investigation thats going to be driving towards prosecuting this individual successfully and putting him in jail for a long time. So you can bet that search will see Search Warrants executed later on this evening. Well see a lot of fbi folks at his residence, maybe at his work. Youll see that vehicle impounded and searched and they are going to be looking for all of the pieces of evidence that might indicate planning motive, and whether or not any other individuals knew about what he was doing and may have helped him or helped him Plan Or Anything like that in addition to the scope on that ak47 rifle, which was intended according to the fbi, for an assassination of the former president. The fact that they found his Gopro Equipment in one of the backpacks as well, suggests to me, and i wonder andrew if it suggest to you that this suspect had and political motive wanted publicity, wanted to get a lot of exposure for what was going on it certainly indicates to me that he was looking for exposure what weve learned through so many of these Mass Shootings and and episodes of political violence sometimes it can be very hard to identify a specific political motive for instance, case in point is the Butler Shooter at this point, we still have not unearth a very clear mean, clearly he was trying to kill Donald Trump, but a strong idea, a Lot Article Reason for doing so, they havent been able to identify that yet, so well see if we find out here, but no question. Well, if youre absolutely right, the presence of the gopro is an effort to preserve the images of this attack. So that the shooter could use that for some purpose in the future, either to pump up his own image and and glorification online, things of that nature. We know that mass shooters do that a lot. Its very important to them to communicate their success. Their, their Attack Online may have just been that, or it may have been some ideologically motivated, politically motivated act right now, its super early in the investigation, but those are definitely the things were gonna be looking hear from the fbi as they learn more and as the fbi, andrew and youre a former Deputy Director of the fbi, is the fbi now in charge of this investigation . Not the Secret Service, not the Palm Beach county Sheriffs Office. Its the fbi, which is a church. Is that right . They absolutely are wolf as you know, under president ial Directive 12th triple three, the fbi has primary responsibility for investigating any acts of terrorism here in the united states. This would certainly be considered an act of terrorism, possibly domestic terrorism, although, again, wait and see, we get more details about this. Shooter. But absolutely that the fbi would be the lead agency. Now it doesnt mean theyll do it by themselves. They clearly will work very closely with the Secret Service and also with the Palm Beach county in Martin County Sheriffs Offices. But you will see the Bureau Kind of taking the lead role on the execution of Search Warrants the collection of evidence, preservation of evidence. And then i would expect pretty soon youre going to hear about Southern District of florida prosecutors weighing in as to whether or not this person will also be charged at the federal level yeah, i suspect that will happen and we did here, david ehrenburg, the Palm Beach county attorney, suggesting that there would be probably state charges, local charges, as well as eventually federal charges as well as suspect thats whats going on, right now. Are Andrew Mccabe, everyone else standby . Kaitlan. Were getting a lot of information right now to digest that. Presumably believe in the next few minutes and hours, were going to get a whole lot more yeah. Wolf, that was a remarkable update that we got from officials and those that detail that a secret Service Agent who was advancing Donald Trump on the Golf Course was able to spot the barrel that Rifle Poking through the bushes and was able to Protectively Fire A shot at that person inside the bushes for Donald Trump got to that hole on the Golf Course. What youre looking at here is to backpacks and they go gopro attached to the fence that officials found in the area of that bushes that the individual fled after the Secret Service had an exchange with him. Well, if we are continuing to learn more as we are watching all of this, i do want to note we have heard from j. D. Vance, he just posted on twitter saying that he spoke to Donald Trump before this information of what the fbi is now saying appears to be an attempted second assassination, j. D. Vance says, quote glad President Trump is safe. I spoke to him before the news was public, and he was amazingly in good spirits. Still much we dont know, but ill be hugging my kids extra tight tonight and saying a prayer of gratitude will continue with our live coverage of this as the fbi puts it, an apparent attempted second Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump. Were learning more from our sources and from officials were going to take a quick break and be right back. 30 years. Ive been saying publicly what people are saying himself i have enough money. I could just shut but you Cant Car saturday, October 5th on cnn. Why does a couple of jews asleep . Number smart bad. Can it keep me warm when im cold . Wait, know im always hot Sleep Number doesnt can i make my sides . Softer . My side firmer . Number . 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Welcome to our viewers in the united states. And the rail and the world. We are continuing our Breaking News live coverage after the Fbi Hi says it is investigating what appears to be an attempted Assassination Attempt. A former President Donald Trump. We are told the former president is safe after shots were fired in his vicinity while he was golfing at his club in west Palm Beach, florida. Thats just about 15 Minute Drive from where his Maralago Club is and paul on beach, florida, moments ago, we got an account from the Palm Beach Sheriffs Office detailing how all of this unfolded wolf and it is quite stunning running very detailed. In fact very, very revealing Law Enforcement officials saying a person has been detained in connection with this incident that occurred at the trump international well Golf Club around 1 30 p. M. Eastern. Earlier this afternoon. Now us secret Service Agents fired gunshots at the suspect, who they believe was armed and intended to target former President Trump. And Ak Style a long Arm Rifle with a scope, two backpacks, and a Gopro Camera were recovered hello to our panel right now and get Charles Ramsey assessment of whats going on. The fact that there was a scope, chief ramsey, it says to me, it explains i think in part, why the fbi has concluded this appears to have been a second Assassination Attempt against trump yeah, i think youre right. I mean, clearly in my mind anyway, thats the appropriate classification for this particular incident. Were just fortunate. Were very lucky. We were lucky in july in butler, pennsylvania and again, today. But luck only go so far. And so everyone has to be incredibly vigilant enhance security, not just for the former president before all of the candidates, because we were just in an environment right now where you have a lot of unstable people who apparently are not afraid he to try to actually harm someone so were ortunate that the secret Service Agent was able to spot this and able to take immediate action and prevent a tragedy from occurring. I mean, i secret Service Agent spotted what the barrel of a Rifle Sticking out from those trees near that Golf Course right there and thats when shots were fired at the suspect and eventually another individual saw what was going on and took some pictures of the vehicle that the suspect was using. The License Plate, and eventually the suspect was captured in Martin County just north of Palm Beach county, not very far away. Jonathan wackrow, the fact that there was a Gopro Camera that was right near that fence near those backpacks that this Suspect Cat over there. What does that say to you . Well, listen wolf, i think that a lot of these elements you speak to an elevated level of sophistication by this shooter, right . So the Gopro Camera was the intent here to live stream this attack by the fact that we saw those, we heard reporting that i believe we heard it during the Press Conference as well, that the backpacks contain Ceramic Plates again, this was really setting up a Firing Position the shooter probably intended to engage each directly with secret Service Agents at one point, i think the Secret Service structure, though the Protective Methodology by putting out agents in advance of the protectee during their Golf Operations to really flush out this type of threat along the edges of the fairways really proved successful. This is a model that the Secret Service has applied to these types of activities for a long time. I mean, dating back to i believe the bush and Clinton Administrations where the Pudding Agents anywhere from 75 to 150 yards in advance again, trying to expand out that youll protective bubble around the protectee just for this very reason but its difficult. I mean, theyre out there. Youll flanking the protective for a long time. This person obviously set up their location. They had a level of Cover And Concealment cellmate to launch this attack. They most likely had a line of sight from that Fence Line back into the fairway. Thats disturbing in more troubling is the accessibility, the ease of Ingress And Egress by this attacker. They had that escape route. The critical factor that we heard Press Conference is the witness of the suspect way getting into the vehicle. And i think Andy Mccabe said very smartly, the person took out their phone, took a picture of the car and then got the License Plate. The communication with federal, state, and local Law Enforcement entities through the real crime real time Crime Center. Got that information . Now its almost instantaneously and utilizing License Plate readers, they were able to track the direction of the vehicle, make the make the Vehicle Stop in, get the suspect in custody without incident. So this is a real big success for Law Enforcement and it all centers around the coordination, the right Athing Coordination of information in dissemination to all stakeholders. Weve heard that during the Press Conference it was great to see everybody reassuring the public that theres no additional danger and that all stakeholders within the Law Enforcement and prosecutorial community presented there and you can see how close this golf Golf Club is to interstate 95, a major highway going through the state of florida All The Way up coast as well. Kaitlan. Go ahead. While were looking at this, i just want to keep this image up because youre seeing trump international Golf Course right here. Were highlighting hold well five and hold six, because thats believe thats where we believe trump was was getting close to when the agents were walking ahead of him. And whats remarkable about this is they were talking about the three roads that are the access points the Palm Beach county Sheriffs Office is right to your to your top right. A little bit above where whole five is the Palm Beach county Sheriffs Office and the jail actually backs up to Donald Trumps Golf Course in west in west Palm Beach, florida. And just to give you a sense of what we were looking at on the ground and how quickly officials were able to move here and they put up that be on the Lookout Alert for the person that the witness luckily, was able to see a person leaving the bushes emerging and getting into a black car and then drive in which they apprehended on i95, just north of Palm Beach county. And what were looking at here on this image is so John Miller, when you look at this and what weve heard from officials they would not say outright that they have a suspect in custody, but the sheriff said, John Miller that they have a potential suspect in custody. And so when that is the case and they have someone that they are obviously questioning what we were told earlier is that this person has not made any statements yet, but they did describe a Calm Demeanor earlier when we were hearing from The Mountain count Martin County sheriff about actually apprehending this person and turning them over to the fbi. What does this look like Behind The Scenes right now . Well, he is definitely a suspect and he is definitely in custody. And all the qualifiers that Law Enforcement uses potential suspect person of interest. Once the States Attorney took the podium at the Press Conference and said, we are preparing charges and we are the preparing for a Detention Hearing where theyre going to argue that this suspect is dangerous and a Flight Risk that means he is on his way to being charged here. Some of the mechanics behind that kaitlan were there was that witness on the scene that weve all talked about . He snapped that picture. He saw that person and theres because the secret Service Agent who may have confronted him and seeing them as well. But that witness was brought to the scene and they did what we call a Show Up where they have him in a vehicle where he can look out at the person in custody and hes asked, is that the person who saw . And he answered in the affirmative, we are told by Law Enforcement sources, as he did that Show Up and they then took him into custody, impounded that car, and so on there are two different stories in the forefront here one is Jonathan Wackrow really well explained its a combination of oldfashioned police work, shoe, leather, grab a witness, combined with modern technology. Heres a picture, heres a plate put it into the lpr License Plate reader system, look for the first hit. It hits all 95 rtc. See the real time Crime Center is spinning. The registered owner of that our who it belongs to all of this is happening rapidly and Martin County, which hasnt waited, it has already flooded 95 looking for that car heading south with units. Then does that Vehicle Containment Technique they blocked the car in on three sides come out with long guns and when when the sheriff describes the Sheriff Snyder of Martin County describes his Calm Demeanor, we have to put that in context when the suspect gets out of that Nissan Vehicle he is looking at multiple ar 15s and handguns pointed at him from multiple directions in this Vehicle Containment Technique where they blocked him in on three sides so he can be Nothing But Calm and he was compliant with the commands they gave him. And then he was taken into custody. So a lot went right today, meant a lot came together well and Andrew Mccabe, when you when you look at this wolf it and i was just think that this when you look at what were hearing from officials and you see those two pictures there of the backpacks that were that were left at the scene that they found inside these bushes to the on the right side of this of your screen, on the left, thats a thats a Gopro Camera official said that was mounted on the fence and then two bags as well. When youre an investigator and youre looking into that. I mean, it clearly speaks to some kind of premeditation here of what theyre looking into when theyre talking to this suspect . Who was who was in the bushes. Theres no question. Kaitlan, this is jonathan mentioned this a little bit earlier. This this whole setup indicates a very high level of preplanning. And thats that is done because this person whoever he is here, clearly have the capacity to engage in that sort of structured and organized thought, which is which is a big piece of this because that will undermine, that can undermine a lot of different defenses that trial. So you have someone who had the wherewithal, the financial ability and the kind of cognitive ability to go out and acquire these things. The weapon, the backpacks, the Ceramic Plates, if those are in fact Ceramic Plates, Ceramic Plates are used to augment a a Bulletproof Vest to make it resist actually highpowered Rifle Bullets so this is someone who went through a lot of effort to really plan this out. I think we also have to remember that they somehow knew where to go. They had some indication maybe that trump was playing golf on this day. We dont know that for a fact yet, but Thats Something that investigators are going to be looking for obviously pick this location as one of tactical advantage likely because of the cover provided by the by the foliage and the bushes that he was hiding himself with probably had some advanced knowledge of how the Golf Course is laid out and where the former president would be proceeding from one hole to another. So this is its all a very high degree of planning, which is great evidence for the prosecution. Finally, just recovering these backpacks with the stuff in them and vehicle that he was driving in when he was arrested. You havent you have a Gold Mine of evidence. Hear forensic evidence that will tie likely this person they arrested two that backpack in that place with the weapon at the same time so all those little pieces come together, they all seem to be likely lining up in a very way for this person. And thats what the investigators and the prosecutors would be looking at next andrew, very quick question before we let you go they said at the briefing that the suspect with his rightfully ak47 with a scope, was between 300500 yards away from trump but then they said that is not a far distance given the capability of this Ak Ak47 with a scope you agree with that that thats not a far distance its not a far distance. The rifle is definitely capable of it. The scope makes it easier to do. Its still going to require some degree of Training And Practice on part of the shooter. But thats not hard to do in this country, right . A lot of people engage in that sort of Stuff Shooting Sports and things like that. So yeah, this is definitely a possible shot for a decently trained marksman so its also been done before. Lets not forget that in 2011, you had Oscar Ramiro or taking out hernandez, who fired seven shots at the White House from constitution avenue, or at least hit the White House seven times and actually hit some of the windows of the residents on the second floor. And we dont know that he actually saw any person are resuming at a Human Being may have just been taking advantage of trying to get lucky, but this idea of shooters, of trying to weigh lay president s from a far off distance is not something new. We have experienced this before in this country, this is an element of political violence we are familiar with and so yeah, these things are possible. We live in a very dangerous world as the sheriff mentioned, and the easel, easy ability that anyone has to put their hands on an ak47 or an ar15 or a Hunting Rifle for that matter . Makes this particular threat very important for people like the Secret Service and other Security Professionals to think about yeah, i remember that incident that the White House i was reporting from the White House on that day and i remember i was scared all of us were just the thought that someone from constitution to avenue could start Firing Shots at the White House. All of us were there. We were very, very scared. There was a very, very serious moment, indeed, art Andrew Mccabe, Everybody Else Standby our special Breaking News coverage will continue right after very quick syscall seen in is taking a break from Breaking News to air. Have i got news for you . Breaking news. Im getting a sandwich. We need he to talk about what constitutes Breaking News. Provide got news for you saturday at nine on Cnn And Streaming next day on max last dishwashers use Water Et finished work will take every time burns on stains get out, shine how do i loved the let me count the ways messy. 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Com if you or a loved one have Neizha Helium up, well send you a free book to answer questions you may have called now and will come to you 808 to 14000 this is cnn breaking News Welcome back. Im Wolf Blitzer along with Kaitlan Collins, and were covering are live coverage of a major Breaking News story. Dori, the fbi now saying it is investigating an apparent Assassination Attempt of Donald Trump, the former President Of The United States, says he is safe after shots were prior to this vicinity, Law Golfing at his club in west Palm Beach, Florida Cable well, from what weve learned is that it was secret Service Agents who were on that Golf Course with him that fired gunshots at the suspect who they believe was armed and intended to target Donald Trump. They recovered an Ak47 Style Law Arm Rifle with a scope, two backpacks, and a Gopro Camera as you can see here from the bushes, where this person fled after he was engaged by by the Secret Service. Law enforcement officials tell cnn a person has been detained. Authorities have not yet named the suspect who is in custody were following when all of this live. Weve got all of our experts here and our reporters. Cnns randi kaye, joins me now, randi, obviously, this is a developing situation we just heard from this Press Conference where officials were confirming the timeline of events where Donald Trump was on the Golf Course when this happened, what more have we learned about how this investment . Russian is progressing well, kaitlan, this investigation is still very much in the early stages and very much underway. In fact, just a moment ago before we came on camera for here, there was a Palm Beach county sheriffs a crime Scene Van just pulling out of trump international Golf Club, which is right behind me there. Thats the entrance that you see to the Golf Club where this all happened . Ben, today. So they clearly are still on the scene, still trying to figure out exactly what happened. Looking for any clues perhaps anything that was left behind by this alleged gunmen. And also perhaps from the Secret Service after they had fired their weapons in his direction. So still very much underway here in terms of the investigation. But kaitlan, i should tell you this is a 27 hole Golf Course. So what stands out to me from that Press Conference and the information that were getting is that they were able to the Secret Service was able to see that the barrel of the gun and coming through that fence between sometime around holes five or six, that is remarkable because this Golf Course is known for its Rolling Hills are certainly a lot of bunkers, but certainly a lot of cover so this gunman certainly was somewhere where he thought he wasnt going to be seen apparently, certainly didnt come through the front gate. Presence here and Security Ice pretty at the front gate of the international Golf Club. So certainly he was along the perimeter of it and i can tell you that right away they were able to say once they apprehended him but there was no threat to the public that was very important because theres an Elementary School right nearby. Theres also a Public Library right nearby. And as you know, he was apprehended in Martin County, which is about an hour our north of here and were just minutes away from interstate 95. So he was able to make that quick getaway luckily, a witness was able to tell authorities what Hes Card looked like even provide those photos as we heard in the Press Conference, but certainly still quite a bit of Law Enforcement presence. It took me about an hourandahalf to get here. It normally takes me about 25 minutes. So there was a lot of police a lot of barricades along the way. And thats still the case now, even though we know that maralago is just about ten minutes from here, kaitlan and we know that the former president has left the Golf Club and we watched the motorcade depart here. So he apparently is safely back at maralago, but still certainly a lot a lot to be figured out. Heres terms of what went down today. Kaitlan yeah. Randi kaye, i was told that the Donald Trump is back at his Maralago Club. Obviously, as you know about 15 to 20 Minute Drive by from where that Golf Courses randi kaye. Thank you for that wolf you know, caitlin i, thought it was really interesting and i want our Law Enforcement experts to assess this. They said at this News Conference that we had live here on cnn, that they dont see any more danger right now. They think that that has been resolved. So even though there was a lot of danger earlier, know more dangerous direct quote from the briefing that just occurred at chief ramsey, what does that say to you . Well i mean, they always have more information we have right now, but they probably at least feel pretty comfortable that there was no second person or third person directly involved in pretty sure that the person they havent custody is the one that they found there at the Golf Course so they feel pretty confident around that why they make a statement like that. So again, its just very fortunate that everything worked very well. That witness cannot get enough credit because they saw that individual leave the bushes and they had to presence of mind to take a photograph. So they had not only a description of the car, but the actual license tag. And through real time Crime Center, of course theyre able to run that very quickly and put a bolo out and thats how he was captured so quickly. But there are still questions. I mean, when you look at that map and im not familiar with that area at all. But you can see the roadways that go very close to that and there was no one guarding that perimeter at all and i just it just makes me wonder if Thats Something obviously in the future that needs to be taken into consideration. It doesnt look like that would be very difficult to do or a very manpower intensive looking at that site line, having a couple of cars on either end just to make sure no one parks a car. And when it gets out of a Car Or Anything like that . But when you have the former president on the Golf Course and John Miller, when they Law Enforcement authorities said there is no more danger out there right now and immediately said to me this suspect was a lone gunman operating on his own if there were others who were helping them move, could potentially represent a danger from lets is still at large. I assume that says the same thing to you well, its also a contextual piece, wolf, because remember, the earliest reports are people calling 911 who see secret Service Agents who are dressed down. Theyre not in their suits and ties because theyre working on a Golf Course who are shooting and individual fleeing. So the earliest reports were of two people shooting at each other on the perimeter of the Golf Course. And that suggested a second gunman. Once they sorted out that that was the secret Service Agents confronting this suspected sniper that was able to they were able to frame. Okay. It appears we have a lone gunman. It appears hes in custody and it appears that the threat to the public around that area is greatly reduced. In the same breath, of course, they ask people to stay out of the Area Weve got a big crime Scene Search and they need their space. Yes. Good point. John miller and everyone else stand by. We have got a lot more to report on. 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