Bodycam Footage Shows Moment Trump Assassination Bid Suspect Was Arrested

Washington: A bodycam footage was released by the Martin County Sheriff's office showing the exact moments when Ryan Wesley Routh, the would-be Donald Trump 's assassin was arrested. On Sunday, the 58-year-old was spotted by the US Secret Service while he was hiding at Trump National Golf Club in Florida's West Palm Beach. Ryan was arrested with an AK-47, a GoPro and a few other items.

The video shows Ryan wearing sunglasses, walking backwards with his hands over his head before being handcuffed and led by law enforcement officials.

A police officer can be heard, "Take two steps to your right. Go straight back, keep walking."

'Suspect 'Lay in Wait' for 12hrs Before Arrest'

Meanwhile, according to court documents filed Monday, the gunman was hiding in bushes for 12 hours at the club before the former US president made an unscheduled decision to play a game of golf. However, the Service agents spotted the muzzle of Ryan's rifle and fired at him following which he fled the spot.

Though no injuries were reported, this marks the second attempt on Trump's life in many months, raising questions about the security provided to him during a time of amped-up political rhetoric and which the Secret Service chief called an “unprecedented and hyper-dynamic threat environment."

This incident comes just nine weeks after the July 13 shooting at a Pennsylvania campaign rally in which Trump was wounded by a gunman's bullet.

Both President Joe Biden and Vice President Kamala Harris, Trump's challenger in the November election, denounced the thwarted attack, with Harris saying in a post on X, "I am glad he is safe. Violence has no place in America."