Witness details scene where Trump's would-be assassin was arrested

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69% : Trump often holds court on the club's patio, playing DJ with his iPad.
60% : Routh was interviewed in April 2022 in Kyiv, where he was taking part in a demonstration in support of Ukrainians trapped in the port city of MariupolPalm Beach County Sherrif Ric Bradshaw speaks at a press conference in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 15, 2024Secret Service and Homeland Security agents check a former home of a suspect named by news organisations as Ryan W. Routh as the FBI investigates what they said was an apparent assassination attempt in FloridaPalm Beach Sheriff officers guard the rear entrance of the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, USA on 15 September 2024Law enforcement personnel investigate the area around Trump International Golf Club after an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on September 15, 2024Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw noted at a briefing that because Trump is no longer in office, security protocols around the course had loosened.
51% : Law enforcement officials praised the work of the agents assigned to protect Trump.
47% : While the Secret Service has grappled with how to keep Trump safe as he campaigns across the country, holding rallies that often draw thousands, less attention has focused on his protection when he is off the trail, often at his own clubs and properties.
46% : In an email to campaign staff Sunday night, senior campaign advisers Chris LaCivita and Susie Wiles credited the Secret Service for saving Trump, who has praised the agents in his own protective detail for their bravery as they rushed on stage to protect him in Butler, Pennsylvania.
42% : It was not clear how the suspect knew Trump was playing golf at the time, or what his motive was.
40% : The suspect was arrested after police managed to stop his car on the I-95Bags, a go-pro camera and a rifle are seen abandoned along Trump's golf courseThe alleged gunman was identified as registered Democrat Ryan Wesley Routh, 58 while a backpack, GoPro camera and rifle that he left behind was located at the sceneTrump narrowly escaped a second assassination attempt in as many months yesterday when Secret Service agents opened fire on a would-be gunman as he hid in the bushes along the former president's Trump International Golf ClubOne agent had noticed a strange object poking out from a fence along the side of the course a few hundred yards from Trump, and subsequently identified it as the barrel of a rifle.
40% : It comes just weeks after Trump was grazed in the ear by a bullet when a gunman was able to gain access to an unsecured roof at his Pennsylvania rally in July, unleashing a hail of bullets that left one supporter dead and two others badly injured.
37% : At the time, the shooter was about 300-500 yards from the Republican presidential candidate who was playing golf between holes five and sixWould be shooter Routh fled the scene in a car but later pulled over and surrendered to law enforcementThe house of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man arrested in connection with the apparent assesination attempt against former US President Trump in his golf course is seen on September 15, 2024 in Kaaawa, a small town located on the windward side of the island of Oahu, HawaiiA truck parked at Routh's home had a 'Biden/Harris' bumper sticker on itThe attempted attack on the former President is sure to raise new questions about the level of protection Trump is given just weeks away from November's presidential elections.
35% : While Trump was president, news photographers were often able to capture images of him on the greens by finding gaps in the shrubbery, but Sunday's round of golf was not part of any public schedule.
24% : He was found to be highly critical of Trump, and a staunch supporter of Ukraine's fight against Russia's invasion.
23% : Trump on Sunday narrowly escaped a second assassination attempt in as many months when Secret Service agents opened fire on Routh as he hid in the bushes along the former president's Trump International Golf Club in Mar-a-Lago.

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