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Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw | Image/AP
After Trump narrowly survived yet another assassination bid, the local sheriff said a man was about 400 to 500 yards away from him and hidden in shrubbery.
After former President Donald Trump narrowly survived yet another assassination bid at his Florida golf course, the local sheriff said that a Secret Service agent had spotted an AK-47-style weapon poking out of bushes about a hole ahead of where Trump was playing, and engaged the suspect.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters that the suspect was about 400 to 500 yards away from Trump and hidden in shrubbery – while the former president played golf on a nearby hole – and had two backpacks hanging on a fence and a GoPro camera.
JUST IN: The Trump assas*ination suspect was hiding in the bushes with an AK-47 with a scope, two backpacks, and a GoPro.The Secret Service agents were one hole ahead of Trump, scoping out the area when they noticed the suspect.
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The incident came nine weeks after Trump survived another attempt on his life. The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has started investigating the incident as an ‘attempted assassination,’ said officials.
Amid the confrontation with the Secret Service, the suspect bolted out of the shrubbery he had been hiding in and escaped in a black car. A witness helped police identify the vehicle and authorities tracked it down.
“We have somebody in custody right now that is a potential suspect,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told a news conference.
