And welcome to all of our viewers watching here in the u. S. And Around The World. Im Jim Sciutto in washington, cnn, Breaking News continues this hour. The fbi is investigating an apparent Assassination Attempt on Donald Trump two months after the former president was shot got in the ear at a rally in pennsylvania, trump is safe, was not harmed in Sundays Incident at his Golf Club in West Palm Beach, florida . A 58yearold man identified as ryan Wesley Ralph has been detained. Hes pictured there you had weighed in on politics, on Social Media in the past. And at times had criticized Donald Trump, the Palm Beach County Sheriff says the Secret Service fired shots at a man who had a rifle in the bushes along the perimeter of the trump international Golf Club. A source says that trump had been playing golf at the time moving between the fifth and six holes 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
The channel, former PresIdent Donald Trump says he Is safe after he was targeted In a second AssassInatIon Attempt whIle playIng golf at hIs club In florIda. AInsley the suspect Is now In custody. There Is hIs pIcture after fleeIng the scene where he kept where he left behInd that ak47. A Go Procamera and two bags. The local SherIffs OffIce sayIng the suspect was between 300 and 500 yards from the former presIdent , and were learnIng more about hIs prIor runIns wIth polIce and polItIcal statements. BrIan yup. He wasnt InvIsIble to say the least. We have lIve Team Conch thIs mornIng. We wIll ask former Secret ServIce agent TIm MIller In a matter of moments how the suspect got just yards away from PresIdent Trump who was walkIng that DIrectIon And Brooke sIckman has the suspects wIld past and runIns wIth Law Enforcement. FIrst lets turn to Maddy RIvera to walk us through what happened. Maddy . MadeleIne good mornIng. Post through socIal entrepreneurshIp praIses the work of local authorIt
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
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 back
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