Hello and good evening, it is 11 00 here in New York. Were following the breaking news out of West Palm Beach. Where former President Donald Trump is unharmed and at home. Hours after what the fbi is calling an apparent attempt on his life. At his maralago resort. It was at his Golf Course, earlier today. Vice president harris just responded with a statement saying she is disturbed by The Incident. Condemning political violence and thanking the Secret Service officers who protected trump. President biden and harris Running Mate governor Tim Walz have also issued statements of gratitude for the secret Service And Relief for trumps safety. Right now there is one person in custody. This is his pingture, ryan wesley routh, age 58 according to three senior Law Enforcement officials briefed on the matter. Lets go now to West Palm Beach and kathy park, whats the latest kathy. Reporter outside of the Golf Course this Evening And Security is still very tight several hours removed from this inci
Hello and good evening. Coming at you with Breaking News. At this hour, security is ramped up and the Secret Service is on high alert at mar alago after an apparent Assassination Attempt on former president Donald Trump. Now he is home tonight unharmed. But no less than a Dozen Police cars are visible at the resort and an Investigation Led by the fbi is under way after the Secret Service fired on an armed man while trump was on the course. Just a few hundred feet away. One person is in Law Enforcement Custody. Identified as ryan welsey routh. Age 58. An Ak47 And Scope were recovered at the scene among other things. President Joe Biden, Vice President Kamala Harris and governor Tim Walz have also made statements that theyre glad hes safe. Just last hour posted on Social Media calling him strong and resilient. So lets start in West Palm Beach where Kathy Park is standing by. Describe the scene for us, whats the latest. Reporter good evening so were right in front of the Golf Course. And
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
Well be good. 1 30 this afternoon, a call of shots fired. Because were in constant contact of them at all times. We were notified of that and we had units here that immediately sealed off the area. Fortunately we were able to locate a witness that came to us and said hey, i saw the guy running out tof the bushes. He jumped into a black nissan and i took a picture of the vehicle and the tag. 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 into Martin County. We got a hold of Martin County Sheriffs Office and they spotted the vehicle and pulled it out and detained the guy. After that we took the victim, im sorry the witness the witness that witnessed the incident. Flew him up there tnand he identified the person that he saw running out of the bushes that jumped into the car. Now in the bushes where this guy was is an Ak47 Style Rifle with a scope. Two bac
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