Photos Show Makeshift Sniper Nest Where Accused Gunman Planned to Shoot Trump

The photos tell a frightening story.

A gunman crawled through shrubbery near former President Donald Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, Sunday afternoon, coming within 500 yards of the former president, authorities said. Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was hiding with the barrel of his AK-47-style rifle poking through a fence when it was spotted by a Secret Service agent, the last line of defense between that weapon and Trump, the Republican nominee for president.

“With a rifle and scope, like, that is not a long distance,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said at a news conference Sunday afternoon.

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