He was playing with a contact of his, a friend. It s understood secret service agents opened fire on a suspect, who then fled the scene by car. Donald trump s campaign released a statement in which the former president says: there were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumours start spiralling out of control, i wanted you to hear this first: i am safe and well. It wasn t long after that we got more comments from him as well, and a fundraising campaign note he sent to his supporters. He says he s never going to slow down, he s never going to slow down, he s never going to slow down, he s never going to give up, and he says his resolve is only stronger after another attempt on my life. Lots of images coming tine us from the scene and what happened afterwards. An image of the moment when security services surrounded the suspect has been released. He was detained in martin county by the sheriff s office on the northbound area of interstate 95, following an alert which told officers to be
Fled the scene by car. Donald trump s campaign released a statement in which the former president says: there were gunshots in my vicinity, but before rumours start spiralling out of control, i wanted you to hear this first: i am safe and well. An image of the moment when security services surrounded the suspect has been released. He was detained in martin county by the sheriff s office on the northbound area of interstate 95 following an alert which told officers to be on the lookout for a vehicle seen leaving the golf course in palm beach county. Us media have named his as ryan routh, a 58 year old from hawaii. And there are more details emerging about the suspect, including reports that he was deeply involved in efforts to get foreign fighters into ukraine to battle against the russian army. But first here s the palm beach county sheriff explaining how the incident unfolded. At 1:30pm, a call come out shots fired called in by the secret service. Because we re in constant con
Let us listen again to the joint Presser Given by us Law Enforcement officials involved in The Incident and investigation. At 1 30pm, a call come out shots fired called in by the Secret Service. Because we were in constant contact with them all the time, we were notified of that and we immediately sealed up the area. Fortunately we were 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 the vehicle and the tag. Which was great. We had that information. Our real time crime centre sent that up to the Licence Plate readers, and we were able to get a hit on that vehicle on i95 as it was heading into Martin County. We got a hold of Martin County, Sheriffs Office, alerted them, and they spotted the vehicle and they spotted the vehicle and pulled it over. And detained the guy. After that we took the victim, im sorry, the witness, that witnessed The Incident, took, flew him up there, and he iden
In the last few minutes we received a still of the moment when Security Services surrounded the suspect. The Martin County Sheriffs Office detained the suspect on the northbound area of interstate 95. The Sheriffs Department said in a Facebook Post that it stopped a vehicle based on an alert to Be On The Lookout from Palm Beach county, and it shared photos of the detainment. Let us listen again to the joint Presser Given by us Law Enforcement officials involved in The Incident and investigation. At 1 30pm, a call come out shots fired called in by the Secret Service. Because we are in constant contact with them all the time, we were notified of that and we had units that immediately sealed up the area. Fortunately we were 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 the vehicle and the tag, which was great. We had that information. Our real time crime centre put it out to the Licenc
Playing golf. This is at one of his Golf Courses near Palm Beach in florida. Its understood what happened was that the fbi, not the fbi, the Secret Service were there at the time, of course the trouble with him at all times, there is a heightened sense of security around Donald Trump at the moment after that previous Assassination Attempt. They were ahead of him on the Golf Course and they spotted a Gun Barrel poking out from the bushes just ahead of where he was playing, that alerted them to where the suspect was, there were gunshots then, when they opened fire on the suspect, he then fled the scene in a car. A Witness Saw the man flee in a Black Nissan which was later pulled over by a sheriff and the suspect arrested. It was incredible that witness had the wherewithal to not only take a photograph of the car, but to note the Registration Number as well and it really helped the police when they were trying to track down the suspect. Four things spiralled Out Of Control as Donald Trump