video | Trump speaks out after attempted attack
Source: t-online
The Secret Service opened fire after an agent searching the grounds saw a rifle barrel sticking out of the bushes just a few hundred yards from the former president, who was on the fairway of the fifth hole. Trump was not in the line of sight of the gunman, who did not fire a shot. But the incident raises questions about how a gunman could have gotten so close to the ex-president, just two months after Trump was shot in the ear in an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13.
2.40 am: The suspect arrested in connection with the alleged assassination attempt on Donald Trump did not fire any shots during the incident. The interim head of the Secret Service, Ronald Rowe, said on Monday that the man did not have a clear view of the ex-president and did not fire his weapon. “He also did not shoot at our officers,” Rowe continued.
video | Attempted assassination of Trump: Bodycam footage shows arrest
Source: reuters
The US authorities identified the arrested suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh, who has a criminal record. According to investigators, the 58-year-old, armed with a rifle, had hidden in the bushes on the edge of Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday while the former president was playing golf there.
Secret Service agents spotted the intruder and opened fire on him. He initially managed to escape but was later arrested.
