What they found on the suspect. That backpack, the Gopro Camera and nk 47. Ryan Wesley Routh was born in 1966 and according to records he lives in hawaii but previously lived in greensboro, North Carolina. He is in custody in the last few minutes some of the social Media Profiles, facebook page, and his Linkedin Account have been identified. Joining us is Law Enforcement Intelligence correspondent. We are checking in with you as we learn more. We have learned a little more about his background, his criminal record and social Media Profile. Give a composite of what we are learning this man is in the early hours of this investigation. We were told he had a criminal record but we didnt know how extensive it was. According to public records, our research department, he is over 100 criminal charges previously. Most are in North Carolina. The question we are trying to sift through is what was real and made its way to court . What was adjudicated . Was he ever convicted . Did he ever plead gu
Can tell you the security has not let up. Earlier today, we heard Law Enforcementda crediting the qui actions of Aed Witness Who Spotd the suspect right away, before 2 00 this afternoon when the incident played out. Officials are saying that this Witness Saw the man jump out from thema brush, the shrubbery that surrounding this Golf Course and was quick to actually write down the License Plate Number of the suspects getaway vehicle. It was a black nissan, and this witness not yet identified, apparently shared the information with local Law Enforcement Rightwi away. Andri thats where local Law Enforcement on the ground was able to track down the suspect along thedo interstate. But thee interstate, as you ca imagine was pretty chaotic. Even getting to this location today, they were blocking off different ramps and roadways surrounding the Golf Course as the investigation pressed ahead but they wereat able to get the suspect. We heard earlier that this individual was pretty compliant and
Social media to criticize and the president, according to authorities, the former president was in the middle of a round of golf. Today, secret service agent was walking ahead of the president and his party to secure the area. That s when the agents saw the barrel of a rifle poking out of the fence. We don t know at this moment whether shots were fired by the man with the rival, the man they ve now detained. But the secret service says that an agent did fire shots toward that person. The man ran away. Authorities were able to capture him thanks to the help of an eyewitness who identified the man took a photograph of his vehicle. They d now detain that person. Authorities also released these photos. They say that in the bushes where the man was scene, they found an ak47 style rifle, a scope, two backpacks, ceramic tiles a gopro camera. This ramette towels are in those backpacks you see hanging up as a kind of fence to protect the alleged shooter. Authorities also addressed how someone w
Moment. Today s attempt occurred as the former president and a donor were golfing at his club in west palm beach, florida. Specifically, authorities say they were walking between holes five and six which we re going to show you on a map the palm beach county sheriff s office says it received calls of shots fired by the secret service at about 1:30 p. M. Secret service spotted the engagement. They ve now detained as an agent was walking the course ahead of the former president 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 at and he was able to spot this rifle barrow sticking out of the fits and immediately engaged that individual at which time the individual took off well, authorities say that a secret service agent fired at the man. Unclear at this moment whether the man they ve detained fired any shots. The man was later apprehended after help from a witness. This who saw the person drive
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