Trump assassination attempt live updates: Shooter identified as Ryan Wesley Routh after golf course attack

By Katelyn Caralle, Senior Political Reporter

Amid an apparent second attempt on Donald Trump’s life, the task force investigating the assassination attempt is closely monitoring developments.

The Task Force on the Attempted Assassination of Donald J. Trump released a statement Sunday after a suspect was arrested for pointing a gun at the former president.

Republican Chairman Mike Kelly and Democratic Ranking Member Jason Crow wrote:

The task force is closely monitoring this attempted assassination of former President Trump in West Palm Beach this afternoon. We have requested a briefing with the United States Secret Service on what occurred and how security personnel responded.

We are grateful that the former president was not injured, but we remain deeply concerned about political violence and condemn it in all its forms. The task force will share updates as we learn more.

Chairman Mike Kelly (left) and Ranking Member Jason Crow (right) speak at a news conference after touring the site of the Butler, Pennsylvania, rally where a gunman attempted to assassinate Donald Trump on July 13.

New images reveal the backpack, GoPro camera and AK-47-style rifle that a gunman left behind as he fled the scene where he was aiming at Donald Trump.

Law enforcement officials held a news conference in West Palm Beach on Sunday after the FBI announced it is investigating a second assassination attempt on Donald Trump in just two months.

The former president was rushed to safety Sunday after several shots were fired near him while he was playing golf at his club in West Palm Beach.

A suspected gunman is in custody after the terrifying incident at the Trump International Club almost exactly two months after another assassination attempt on Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.

Multiple reports name the suspect as Ryan Wesley Routh.

Authorities said U.S. Secret Service agents spotted a rifle barrel sticking out of bushes two holes in front of where Trump was playing golf on Sunday, prompting agents to fire at the suspect.