TRUMP SHOOTING SUSPECT TAKEN INTO CUSTODY – Suspect was at the golf course over 11 hours before the former President arrived
Police body cam video has been released showing the moment law enforcement took into custody the man suspected of firing gunshots near Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump’s golf course over the weekend.
The suspect, identified as Ryan Routh, 58, fled in a vehicle but was arrested about 40 minutes later driving north on Interstate 95. The licence plate on his vehicle had been reported stolen from another car.
Records show a phone associated with Routh was located at the golf course starting at 1:59 a.m. (0559 GMT) on Sunday morning, 11-1/2 hours before the incident.
Trump’s visit to his golf course in West Palm Beach was not on his public schedule, acting U.S. Secret Service Director Ronald Rowe told reporters on Monday afternoon, and it was not clear whether Routh knew Trump would be there.
The suspect never had the Republican presidential candidate for the Nov. 5 election in his line of sight and did not fire any shots. But the incident raised questions about how an armed man was able to get so close to Trump, just two months after another gunman grazed his ear with a bullet during a July 13 rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
