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BREAKING NEWS 2nd Assassination Attempt Against Donald Trump Stopped! | Crime Alert Hourly Update · Crime Stories with Nancy Grace

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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: justice news, follow the Crime Alert hourly update on your
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  Speaker 1: favorite podcast app with this crime Alert. I'm Jennifer Coold.