In which the former president says that comment from Donald Trump and we have had more since then in which he has reassured people and told people he will keep fighting. An image of the moment when Security Services surrounded the suspect has been released. We can show you that now. He was detained in Martin County by the Sheriffs Office on the northbound area of Interstate 95 following an alert which told officers to be on the lookout for this vehicle seen leaving the Golf Course in Palm Beach County. Us media have named him 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. Bbc verify has been looking into his background and posts. More details on that on the bbc news website. The bbc verify team have a post up and running if youre interested in that particular angle of the story. But lets look at what happened
Its blocked. They blocked it off. The I 95 in florida, and pictures taken by a Passing Motorist show a large number of police surrounding a vehicle. Law enforcement officers have just detained a man suspected of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. He was driving the black car seen here at the side of the road. The former president was playing golf on his own course when a number of gunshots were heard. A secret Service Agent had spotted a Rifle Being pointed from bushes at the edge of the course. They have an agent Thatjumps One Hole ahead of time to where the president was at, and he was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engage that individual, at which time the individual took off. The police recovered what they say is an ak 47 Style Rifle with a scope, two backpacks containing Ceramic Tiles, and a gopro camera. We are not sure right now if the individual was able to take a shot at our agents, but for sure our agents were able to to engage w
Security had been tightened around the republican president ial Election Candidate after an Assassination Attempt injuly. Graham satchell reports. Its blocked. They blocked it off. The I 95 in florida, and pictures taken by a Passing Motorist show a large number of police surrounding a vehicle. Law enforcement officers have just detained a man suspected of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump. He was driving the black car seen here at the side of the road. The former president was playing golf on his own course when a number of gunshots were heard. A secret Service Agent had spotted a Rifle Being pointed from bushes at the edge of the course. They have an agent Thatjumps One Hole ahead of time to where the president was at, and he was able to spot this Rifle Barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engage that individual, at which time the individual took off. The police recovered what they say is an Ak 47 Style Rifle with a scope, two backpacks containing Ceramic Tiles, and
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