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Speaker 1: Crime Alert hourly update, Breaking Crime News Now. I'm Jennifer Gould.

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Speaker 1: Breaking Crime News Now. Authorities have stopped an apparent assassination

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Speaker 1: attempt against former President Donald Trump at his Trump International

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Speaker 1: Golf Course in West Palm Beach, Florida. The incident occurred

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Speaker 1: just sixty three days after a similar attack at a

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Speaker 1: rally in Butler County, Pennsylvania. Trump, who was on the

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Speaker 1: golf course at the time, is reported to be safe

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Speaker 1: and unharmed. The incident unfolded around one thirty pm Eastern

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Speaker 1: time when a Secret Service agent performing a routine security

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Speaker 1: sweep spotted a rifle barrel protruding from a chain link

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Speaker 1: fence surrounding the golf course. The agent, realizing the threat,

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Speaker 1: engaged the suspect, firing several shots. The suspect, who has

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Speaker 1: been identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, was approximately four hundred

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Speaker 1: to five hundred yards away from Trump when the confrontation occurred.

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Speaker 1: The suspect, who was reportedly seen fleeing from nearby bushes

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Speaker 1: and escaping in a black Nissan, was quickly tracked down

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Speaker 1: with the help of witness descriptions and license plate readers.

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Speaker 1: Martin County deputies apprehended him on I ninety five, about

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Speaker 1: forty five miles north of the golf course. After a

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Speaker 1: brief pursuit, the FBI, which is leading the investigation, confirmed

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Speaker 1: that Routh was carrying an AK forty seven style rifle

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Speaker 1: with a scope, two backpacks filled with ceramic tiles, and

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Speaker 1: a go pro camera. This incident marks the second assassination

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Speaker 1: attempt on Trump within two months. The first occurred back

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Speaker 1: on July thirteenth in Butler County, Pennsylvania, where gunman Thomas

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Speaker 1: Matthew Crooks opened fire at a Trump rally, resulting in

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Speaker 1: the death of a retired fire chief and injuring two others.

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Speaker 1: Trump himself sustained a minor gray's injury to his ear

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Speaker 1: in that attack. Authorities are still investigative the motive behind

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Speaker 1: the latest attempt. While these suspects background and reasons for

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Speaker 1: tarking Trump remain unclear. The FBI and local law enforcement

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Speaker 1: are actively working on the case. Federal charges may be

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Speaker 1: forthcoming as the investigation continues. In a statement, Palm Beach

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Speaker 1: County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw emphasized the efficiency and effectiveness of

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Speaker 1: the Secret Services response. The White House has also expressed

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Speaker 1: relief at Trump's safety, with President Joe Biden and Vice

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Speaker 1: President Kamala Harris being briefed on the situation. The former

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Speaker 1: president has since returned to his mar Lago estate and

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Speaker 1: Palm Beach, where he remains secure. The FBI is urging

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Speaker 1: anyone with additional information to contact their tip line at

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Speaker 1: one eight hundred call FBI, or submit tips online at

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Speaker 1: tips dot FBI dot gov. For the latest crime and

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Speaker 1: favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Coold.