Trump's security concerns as a possible shooter is charged with planning

Trump's security concerns as a possible shooter is charged with planning an assassination

Watch in real time as Secret Service and Homeland Security agents search the former residence of a suspect identified by news outlets as Ryan W. Routh. The FBI is looking into reports of what they described as an apparent attempt to kill Republican presidential nominee and former US President Donald Trump in Florida.

In brief
There are concerns regarding the safety of US presidential candidates following what appears to be a second attempt on Donald Trump's life in two months.

Lawmakers have been demanding more security measures; according to Congressman Nick Langworthy, Trump need to be protected to the same extent as an incumbent president.

Governor Ron DeSantis, a Republican from Florida, claims that the public should know the truth about how a would-be assassin managed to become such near the former president at his golf club in Florida

US media, which includes CBS, a US partner of the BBC, have identified the suspect as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh.

He had visited Kiev and attempted to enlist foreign combatants in Ukraine's military effort.


00:58 Media caption: "In just 60 seconds, an apparent assassination attempt unfolded."

Real-Time Coverage
Edited by Francesca Gillett and Nathan Williams, with reporting from West Palm Beach by Tom Bateman and Alex Lederman

How far has the accused travelled?
released at 12:08 BST (British Summer Time)
a map displaying the suspect's whereabouts upon capture
Law enforcement officials claim that the gunman was concealed in the bushes close to the Trump International Golf Club's sixth hole.

One of the Secret Service agents saw him.

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