Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said a shooter armed with a rifle with a scope was 300 to 500 yards away from former President Donald Trump on Sunday at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
During a news conference at a public library, Bradshaw said a U.S. Secret Service agent saw the barrel of the rifle and fired at about 1:30 p.m.
"He was in an area in the shrubbery," Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said about the shooter's position.
Bradshaw said a witness told Palm Beach deputies the suspect ran out of the bushes and fled in a black Nissan sports utility vehicle. The witness took a picture of the SUV with the tag. A license plate reader detected the Nissan was in Martin County.
Before the news conference, Martin County Sheriff William D. Snyder said deputies arrested the suspect who had traveled northbound on Interstate 95. The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office released a be on the lookout or BOLO alert for the vehicle. Florida Highway Patrol troopers closed I-95 northbound.
