Is an attempt by former president donald trump. 130 this afternoon, called the melt charts are holding by the secret service in the bushes work this guy was, is an ak47, style rifle with a scope. And to backpacks which were high events that had ceramic tile with a minute gopro the secret service agent that was did a fantastic job when they do is, they have an agent that jumps ahead of time with the president was out. And he was able to buy the rifle barrel sticking out of the fence immediately agent with that in and defend individual at individual took up. Present donald trump is even well after being targeted were golfing at the trump international golf club and the suspected comments was pulled over by martin county police, where he was taken into custody. Also that of the same or shots were fired, weapons, hanging on event and this comes just over two months of the former president survived a first assassination attempt during his rally in butler, pennsylvania, and 20 is now to disc
Individual because of Drone Footage. Credit for that. But why did he have any access to that distance with that rifle around the president . That has to be asked. That has to be answered. Boxes are excellent questions we need to have answered this is our continuing coverage of todays Breaking News. Everyone hello i i am Arthel Neville alongside eric shawn. We are reporting shots were fired in the vicinity of former President Trump as he was playing golf in West Palm Beach, florida happened around 2 00 p. M. Eastern time. We are expecting to hear from the palm be beach sheriffs offe in the moment to provide an update. Sean hannity has been reporting along with us, this entire hour. Sean was actually invited to play that round of golf with the president this morning but he declined, he just wanted to take the day off as he deserves it. But eric is here, sean is here for go ahead. I happen to go to breakfast with the President S golfing partner, i am friends with them, steve Wit Cough Dev
Service, because in constant contact with them all of the time we were notified of that we had units here that immediately sealed off the area. Fortunately, we were able to locate a witness that came to us is that hey, i saw the guy running out of the bushes, he jumped into a black nissan enter the picture of the vehicle and the tag which was great. So we had that information on Real Time Crime Center printed out to the License Plate readers. And we were able to get a hit on the vehicle, and i95, as it was headed into Martin County. We had a hold of Martin County Sheriffs Office and alerted them, had a spot of the vehicle and they pulled it over and they detained the guy. After that, we took the victim and im sorry the witness, i witnessed the incident, took him up there and he identified as the person that he saw running out of the bushes and jumped into the car. Now in the bushes with this guy was, is an Ak47 Style Rifle with a scope. And to backpacks which were hung in the fence whi
Said before suspect is what Isbd Attempt to nation us Assassination Attempt of former trap has identified a Authority Say his name is ryan Wesley Routh. He allegedly poked the muzzle of his Ak47 Style Rifle through a Chain Link Fence as he was hiding in the bushes of former President Trump Golf course in West Palm Beach, florida for thats when an agent sought an Open Fired the Trump Campaign releasing a statement just after 2 00 p. M. This afternoon. President Trump Assay following gunshots in his vicinity, no further details at This time for those gunshots we now know were fired by the secret Service Agent turned to it now in custody good evening i am eric shawn. Special two Hour Addition of fox report. A tragedy so narrowly averted This afternoon. A secret Service Agent spotting that Muzzle Firing at the suspect then fled the scene that is now in custody. Sue fort Lucas Tomlinson is led with the White House was backing from the presiden president ande president and more in the invest
In a ready Gun Position or actual fire position. Okay. Al standby with me, frank if you will, please. For All Of You, we are at the top of the hour, 4 00 p. M. East coast, 1 00 p. M. Out west. We will let you know what we are seeing right now. This is clearly a secured roadway very near to the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, florida. Why is it like this . Because just over two hours ago we were told that former E President Donald trump, while playing somewhere between the fifth or sixth hole on the Golf Course on Trump International that there were shots fired, initially the plan to just get the former president to safety. O we can confirm he is safe. The White House has been alerted about this. They are aware and expressed their gratitude he is safe. We do not know where he is right now. It is largely presumed he may be back at maralago. That is on the other side of this bridge you see. That is about a 10 Minute Drive from the Trump International Golf Course, we ar