Officials yesterday charged a 58-year-old man—suspected of the second attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump—with possession of a firearm by a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number. The charges are preliminary, and the case will require a grand jury indictment before it can proceed.
New details from the attempt Sunday (see previous write-up) at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, reveal the suspect spent nearly 12 hours lying in wait. Cellphone data showed the suspect’s phone had remained at the same location since 2 am ET before he was spotted. Secret Service yesterday also said the suspect did not have a clear line of sight to the former president. See a visual timeline of the suspect’s capture here.
Separately, court records show more than 100 criminal charges have been filed against the suspect in North Carolina, where he lived until 2018 before moving to Hawaii. He was also once convicted of owning a machine gun.
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