Suspect identified in Trump assassination attempt
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🗓️ 16 September 2024
⏱️ 14 minutes
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Former President Donald Trump is safe after another assassination attempt.
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| 0:00.0 | Wunderry Plus subscribers can listen to USA Today's the excerpt, ad free right now. |
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Monday, September 16th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:18.9 | excerpt. Today the latest from another assassination attempt on Donald Trump. |
| 0:26.0 | Plus we take a closer look at Democrats agenda on voting rights and the |
| 0:30.7 | FDA issues new guidelines for mammograms. |
| 0:34.0 | Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump is safe following gunshots near his golf course in Florida, |
| 0:41.0 | his campaign and the Secret Service announced yesterday. |
| 0:44.6 | The incident appears to be an assassination attempt on the former president, the second one |
| 0:49.1 | in two months. |
| 0:50.4 | The FBI says it's investigating. The incident took place at Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, |
| 0:56.0 | where Donald Trump was golfing shortly before 2 PM, according to officials. |
| 1:00.0 | Authorities said a man stuck the barrel of a rifle through the fence at the edge of the golf course while the former president was golfing. |
| 1:07.0 | Secret Service agents on the Corps spotted the weapon and opened fire on the man who fled. |
| 1:12.0 | David Arrenberg, state attorney for Palm Beach County, |
| 1:14.4 | confirmed to USA Today that a suspect in custody |
| 1:17.5 | is 58-year-old Ryan Ruth. |
| 1:19.7 | Arrenberg also said an AK-47 rifle believed to belong to the suspect was recovered at the scene. |
| 1:25.8 | Ernieberg said he appeared to be at least partly motivated by his strong support for Ukraine |
| 1:30.9 | and its war against Russia. |
| 1:33.0 | Vice President Kamla Harris, the Democratic nominee for President, |
| 1:36.0 | said in a statement yesterday that she is thankful that Donald Trump is safe |
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