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(NewsNation) — The FBI took a man with an AK-style firearm into custody successful its probe of “what appears to beryllium an attempted assassination” of erstwhile President Donald Trump astatine Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach successful Florida.
Martin County Sheriff William D. Snyder said the fishy was apprehended wrong minutes of the FBI, Secret Service and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office putting retired a “very urgent BOLO” — oregon “be connected the lookout” alert” — detailing the circumstantial conveyance sought, licence sheet fig and occupant description.
Here is simply a timeline of events, according to authorities:
At astir 1:30 p.m., authorities received a telephone reporting shots fired astatine Trump's play nine successful West Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump was golfing there at the clip of the incidental and was astir 400-700 yards distant from the suspect, who was hidden successful bushes adjacent the course’s perimeter, officials revealed.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said the U.S. Secret Service agents fired astatine a antheral pointing an AK-style firearm with a scope arsenic Trump was connected the course.
At astir 1:30 p.m., Steven Cheung, Trump's run communications director, released a connection saying, “President Trump is harmless pursuing gunshots successful his vicinity. No further details astatine this time.”
The idiosyncratic reportedly dropped the limb and fled successful an SUV.
A witnesser informed constabulary that the fishy fled the country successful a achromatic Nissan. The witnesser managed to seizure photos of the suspect’s licence plate, which led to the arrest.
Just aft 2 p.m., Snyder told WPTV his squad located the vehicle following a “very urgent BOLO” alert detailing the circumstantial conveyance sought, licence sheet fig and occupant description.
Snyder said the fishy was apprehended wrong minutes of the BOLO alert.
Snyder said his deputies “immediately flooded” northbound I-95, deploying to each exit betwixt the Palm Beach County enactment to the southbound and St. Lucie County enactment to the north.
A station by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office indicated the fishy was apprehended adjacent Palm City, Florida, astir a 45-mile thrust northbound of Trump’s play course.
“One of my roadworthy patrol units saw the vehicle, matched the tag and we acceptable up connected the vehicle,” Snyder said, “We pinched successful connected the car, got it safely stopped and got the operator successful custody.”
By 3:55 p.m., the Secret Service and section constabulary officials held a media briefing to supply the nationalist with further details of the incident.
Just aft 5 p.m., a instrumentality enforcement root identified the fishy arsenic Ryan Wesley Routh.
The incidental occurred astir 2 months aft the Republican statesmanlike nominee was shot during an assassination effort astatine a rally successful Pennsylvania.
