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Suspected Trump gunmen Ryan Routh's tense arrest by Florida sheriff's caught on body cam: 'Driver, walk straight back!'

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This screengrab taken from AFPTV on September 16, 2024 shows Ryan Wesley Routh speaking during an interview at a rally to urge foreign leaders and international organisations to help provide humanitarian corridors for the evacuation of civilians and Ukrainian servicemen from Mariupol in central Kyiv on April 27, 2022, amid Russia's invasion of Ukraine. US media said it was Routh, 58, who was arrested after US Secret Service agents "opened fire on a gunman" carrying an AK-47 style rifle near the boundary of Donald Trump's Florida golf course where the former president was golfing on September 15, 2024. Photo by -/AFPTV/AFP via Getty Images

Newly released body cam footage from authorities reveals the tense moments leading up to the arrest of Ryan Wesley Routh, the man accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, as officers ordered him to walk backward toward them with guns drawn.

The footage was released by the Martin County Sheriff's Office showing the arrest of Routh, 58 the suspect in the attempted assassination of Trump at his West Palm Beach golf course Sunday.

The footage, captured during Routh's apprehension on Sunday afternoon, was made public on Monday.

This is a developing story.

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