Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt charged with federal gun crimes

developing story right now the suspect in this weekend's assassination attempt on former president Donald Trump was in court just a short time ago for now he is being charged with gun related charges as authorities investigate his motive later today Trump is expected to meet with the acting director of The Secret Service ABC's Perry russom following the latest developments now from Washington John and Sarah police detaining a man after someone near the golf course saw him run out of the bushes and get in his car today police are still searching for a motive today the suspect in the latest apparent assassination attempt on former president Trump in a West Palm Beach Florida courtroom this morning Ryan Wesley Roth charged with Federal Gun crimes including possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number he did not enter a plea investigators say Trump was on his golf course in West Palm Beach yesterday afternoon near the fifth hole when a secret service agent one hole ahead of trump spotted the barrel of a rifle and he was able to spot this rifle barrel sticking out of the fence and immediately engaged that individual at which time the individual took off sources tell ABC News the Secret Service fired four to six rounds Trump was 300 to 500 yards away fortunately we were able to locate a witness that came to us and said hey I saw the guy running out of the bushes he jumped into a black Nissan and I took a picture of the vehicle and the tag which was great police tracking down the car authorities surrounding their suspect ECT left behind in the bushes an AK-47 style rifle two backpacks with a ceramic tile inside and a GoPro hanging on the fence sources familiar with the investigation say they are looking into whether Roth had any frustrations with Trump's position on Ukraine this video from 2022 appears to show Roth at a demonstration in keev supporting Ukraine Trump thanking law enforcement for keeping him safe posting online the job done was absolutely outstanding he's not the city president if he was we would have had to hire a golf course around it but because he's not security is limited to the areas that the Secret Service deems possible this morning President Biden says the Secret Service needs more help I think the Congress should respond to their needs if they fact need more servic Trump advisers are raising concerns that Trump's Presence at his golf course was not publicized or previewed in any public way according to sources familiar with Trump's internal calendar there was no planned movement to that golf course and it was a last minute decision in Washington Perry russom Channel 6 Action News