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WATCH: Sheriff Warns How Close Would-Be Assassin Got To Trump With Rifle, Two Backpacks And A GoPro Camera

“Probably between 300-500 yards,” said Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. “But, with a rifle and scope like that, that’s not a long distance.”

Alarming details on the would-be shooter along with his identity have been revealed.

WATCH: Sheriff Warns How Close Would-Be Assassin Got To Trump With Rifle, Two Backpacks And A GoPro Camera Image Credit: Joe Raedle / Staff / Getty
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Shortly after the second attempted assassination of Donald Trump, the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office hosted a press conference detailing how close the suspect was to the former president at his golf course before fleeing the scene. 

“Probably between 300-500 yards,” said Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw Sunday. “But, with a rifle and scope like that, that’s not a long distance.”

The would-be assassin fled his spot hidden in the bushes after being detected by a Secret Service agent doing a perimeter check. He left behind an ‘AK47-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks that had ceramic tile in them and a GoPro camera,’ presumably to capture the assassination.

“[The Secret Service agent] jumped up one hole ahead of time to where the president was at,” said Bradshaw. “And he was able to spot this rifle barrel sticking out of a fence and immediately engage that individual, at which time that individual took off. Now, in the bushes where this guy was, is an AK47-style rifle with a scope, two backpacks which were hung on the fence that had ceramic tile in them and a GoPro which he was going to take pictures [with].”

“So, those are being processed right now.”

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Bradshaw went on to describe how the suspect was intercepted on I-95 thanks to a witness identifying his vehicle.

“Fortunately we were able to locate a witness that came to us and said ‘hey, I saw the guy running out of the bushes. He jumped into a black Nissan and I took a picture of the vehicle and the tag.’

So we have that information, our realtime crime center put it out to the license plate readers and we were able to get a hit on that vehicle on I-95 as it was headed into Martin County. We got a hold of Martin County sheriff’s office, alerted them and they spotted the vehicle and pulled it over and detained the guy.

After that, we took the witness that witnessed the incident, flew him up there, and he identified [the suspect] as the person that he saw running out of the bushes that jumped into the car.”

Also during the presser, Jeffrey B. Veltri, the special agent in charge of the Miami Field Office, made it clear the FBI was assuming the leading role of investigating the “incident.”

“The FBI has assumed the role of the leading federal law enforcement agency in the investigation of the incident that occurred earlier today at Trump International Golf Course here in West Palm Beach Florida,” said Veltri. “We’ve deployed a number of resources including the investigative teams crisis response team members, bomb technicians, and evidence response team members as well. What we need right now is the public to avoid the area around the golf course.”

“We will continue to support this investigation with the full resources of the FBI alongside our partners with the United States Secrete Service and the Palm Beach sheriff’s office as well as Martin County sheriff’s office, and state and local law enforcement.”

The would-be shooter’s identity has been reported to be Ryan Routh, whose social media activity suggests he is a Trump-hating, Ukraine war-supporting liberal.

One social media post from Routh says he’s “willing to die for Ukraine.”

More posts are highlighting an alarming connection to Ukraine.

Facebook has reportedly already scrubbed Routh’s page:

This story is developing…

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