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Home Front: Politix
BREAKING: Shots fired in Trump direction while he was Golfing - president is safe and unharmed - FBI sez assassination attempt — police caught the man after he drove off
2024-09-15
See also here.
[JustTheNews] Updated

Secret Service agents opened fire on a man who was seen with what may have been a gun while former President Trump was on the golf course, according to law enforcement sources, the New York Post reported.

"Sources said the Secret Service spotted a suspicious individual on the Trump International Golf Course West Palm Beach, and opened fire when agents saw what appeared to be the barrel of a gun," according to the Post.

CNN is now reporting that it is believed the shots were intended for former President Trump and that the shooter had an AK-47 rifle.

The suspect remains unidentified, though Florida state Rep. John Snyder has stated that the suspect is a "white male, in his mid 60's."

This article has been updated again — go to the link to see, as I can’t keep up.
Townhall is also updating their story here: FBI is calling this an assassination attempt.
Instapundit is updating his post on the subject here.
Added per comment below: assassin named as Ryan Wesley Routh.
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Posted by: badanov   2024-09-15 21:04  

#12  
Posted by: badanov   2024-09-15 21:00  

#11  That Corella DeVille style hair, if you will, especially when black and white, is a dated fashion stating one's commitment to the 'alphabet people cause'.

He is not dead. So I assume he is a nut job.

Or social media scrubbed.

That said - how did he get the rifle if he is from Hawaii? The two legal ways I can think of is purchased in Hawaii and traveled with it, or purchased it once there and if you have never tried to purchase any firearm as a non-state resident is a real hassle.
Posted by: swksvolFF   2024-09-15 20:54  

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Posted by: badanov   2024-09-15 20:46  

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Posted by: badanov   2024-09-15 20:45  

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Posted by: badanov   2024-09-15 20:44  

#7  
Posted by: badanov   2024-09-15 20:39  

#6  He is not dead. So I assume he is a nut job.
Posted by: Ebbuger Whuque4103   2024-09-15 19:31  

#5  NY Post reports he is 58, lives on Hawaii, and is of the left, though reading deeper into the article suggests to me he will turn out to be off his rocker.

A Facebook search gives a photo that purports to be the man, but they may have another of the same name — it’s happened before. 48 Hour Rule, always.
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-09-15 19:09  

#4  The Townhall link updated to give us the would-be assassin’s name: Ryan Wesley Routh.
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-09-15 18:51  

#3  Boris Rozhin:

Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor-Greene reported that there was another assassination attempt on Trump. There was a shooting in the area where Agent Donald was. Trump is alive and well, the bullets went somewhere further this time.

The series, to survive until the US elections, continues...

A Kalashnikov assault rifle was found at the scene of the shooting. Russian trace.
Posted by: badanov   2024-09-15 17:50  

#2  

This is a fast moving story.
Posted by: trailing wife   2024-09-15 17:12  

#1  ...Fear not, I have no doubt that All The Best People will assure us that this is a false flag operation.

(SARC/off)

Mike
Posted by: MikeKozlowski   2024-09-15 17:07  

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