News 3 Segment

Speaker 1 0:02
A shotgun, a loaded handgun in a high capacity magazine, sees, Hello, I'm Laura early Jackson. It happened just miles from where 1000s of people gathered together for former President Trump tonight. The sheriff says the likely assassination attempt was stopped. K, E, S, Q, Shays Lawson has been following the story all day, including a press conference with the sheriff Shea. What have you learned?

Speaker 2 0:28
Side Police Department, where I've learned just a minute before the rally began, law enforcement arrested a man at a key checkpoint who raised red flags. Here's what law enforcement says happened. The suspect driving a black SUV made it past the outer perimeter where people with credentials were being allowed in. At the inner perimeter, deputies noticed several irregularities. The inside of the man's vehicle was in disarray. The license plate was fake and the vehicle was unregistered. Upon further investigation, deputies discovered multiple passports and driver's license with different names, as well as a loaded handgun and a shotgun inside the SUV.

Speaker 3 1:08
I am glad that we're not talking about this after we shot him. We get to talk about it before, and no matter what it's all going to be speculation about what his intentions were getting there. What we do know is he showed up with multiple passports with different names, an unregistered vehicle with fake license plate and loaded firearms. I if you're asking me right now, I probably did have deputies that prevented the third assassination attempt. Law

Speaker 2 1:42
enforcement believes the individual could be connected to a group identifying as sovereign citizens. The suspect was booked into John J Benet Detention Center for possession of a loaded firearm and of a high capacity magazine, but later released. Riverside County Sheriff's Department is now working closely with the Secret Service and FBI to monitor this individual Sheriff Bianco says the investigation is still active with Riverside County Sheriff's Department, the Secret Service and the FBI closely collaborating on the case. We'll keep you updated both on air and online at K, E, S, Q, on this ongoing investigation I'm reporting in Riverside Shay Lawson news channel three, you.

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