Summary:
- Shots were exchanged between a shooter and Secret Service at Trump International Gold Club as the former President played.
- Trump was 300-500 yards away when the shooting occurred.
- FBI confirmed they are investigating this as an assassination attempt.
- Trump said after: “nothing will slow me down, I will never surrender.”
- The shooter has been detained.
- An AK-47, backpack, and GoPro camera was recovered near the scene.
- The shooter has been identified as Ryan Routh, whose social media suggest was a Trump-hating, Ukraine-war-supporting liberal.
- Trump was NOT given complete perimeter protection, because he is not a sitting president (despite being hit by an assassin’s bullet a couple of months ago).
The FBI issued a statement :
“The FBI has responded to West Palm Beach Florida and is investigating what appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.”
Another official commented that Trump was “probably 300-500 yards” from the alleged shooter.
The former president has issued a statement confirming he is “safe and well” and declaring “nothing will slow me down”…
AP reports that the alleged shooter fled in an SUV and was later apprehended in a nearby county by local law enforcement, the officials said. The officials were not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and spoke on condition of anonymity about an ongoing investigation.
An AK-style firearm was recovered at the scene near Trump’s golf course, one of the officials and a third law enforcement official said.
The golf course was partially shut down for Trump as he played, and agents were a few holes ahead of him when they noticed the person with the firearm, the officials said.
The person appeared to push the muzzle of the rifle through the fence line and that’s when agents fired, the officials said.
CNN reported that police have recovered a backpack and a GoPro camera.
They think the attempted Trump shooter wanted to film it.
The following clip shows a heavy police presence on the roads leading to the golf club…
BREAKING: Donald Trump *was* the intended target of the shots fired at Trump International Golf Club according to CNN.
Agents opened fire on a man who was at the Trump International Golf Course after they saw what appeared to be a gun according to the NYP.
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Fox News is reporting the shooter’s name is Ryan Routh…
…who, according his socials (which remain up for now) is supportive of liberal causes, particularly recruiting people to fight in Ukraine)…
Fox is identifying the shooter as Ryan Routh. He has been shown on social media to have a significant interest in Ukraine.
This confirms claims his social media was supportive of liberal causes, though the photo of the shooter is still unconfirmed.
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“The threat level is high,” Rafael Barros, the special agent in charge for the Secret Service, Miami field office, said during the Sunday news conference.
“We live in danger times,” he added
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