Sheriff Ric Bradshaw of Palm Beach County, along with other law enforcement officials, provided information regarding the attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump at his golf club in Florida, highlighting the assassin’s close proximity to Trump.
During a press conference, Bradshaw disclosed that a member of the Secret Service intervened in the alleged assassination attempt upon noticing the barrel of a rifle positioned near the next hole that Trump was scheduled to play on the course.
Below is a transcript of the exchange between Bradshaw and a reporter:
BRADSHAW: “The Secret Service agent that was on the course did a fantastic job. What they do is they have an agent that jumps one hole ahead of time to were the president was at, and he was able to spot this rifle barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engaged that individual, at which time the individual took off.”
Reporter: “So I just want to understand, there was a rifle — so one of the agents saw, on the golf course, a rifle pointing out of the fence? Was it chain Link — okay. So he saw that and engaged him?”
UNKNOWN: “That is correct, yes.”
Reporter: “The former president was on the golf course behind him? How close?”
UNKNOWN: “It was one or two holes behind.”
Reporter: “Why is that?”
UNKNOWN: “Because the bubble moves across — through the golf course, so our agents will get there first, clear it. He noticed that the rifle was pointing out, our agents engaged. We are not sure right now if the individual was able to take a shot at our agents, but, for sure, our agents were able to engage with the subject.”
Reporter: “Was he hit?”
UNKNOWN: “I — I don’t want to — “
BRADSHAW: “It doesn’t appear so. Yeah?”
Reporter 2: “How far away was the president? How far away was Donald Trump when this gentleman was fought and stopped?”
BRADSHAW: “Probably between 300 and 500 yards. But with a rifle and a scope like that, that’s not a long distance.”
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