A 19-year-old teenager was arrested in Las Vegas on Saturday for trying to shoot Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump dead.
Trump was holding a rally in Las Vegas when the protester tried to grab a gun from a police officer, unfortunately he was overpowered by the officer.
A 19-year-old protester was just arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas. The young man allegedly told authorities he tried to grab an officer’s gun so he could kill the candidate, according to federal authorities.
While Secret Service has made sure that no one with firearms is permitted in Trump rallies, there is an exemption for police officers. “Many of those local law enforcement officers are not particularly well trained when it comes to firearms use, tactics or retention,” tactical defense instructor, Seng Hern-Heng from Three Temples Martial Arts tells us.
In this case, however, the officers on site were able to prevent the theft of the firearm.
A complaint filed Monday in U.S. District Court in Nevada alleges that Michael Steven Sandford attempted to commit an act of violence on restricted grounds.
He appeared in court on Monday afternoon in Nevada.
Law enforcement sources say that Sandford went to a Trump rally on Saturday at the Treasure Island Casino and then advanced towards a Las Vegas police officer to say he wanted to get closer because he wanted an autograph from Trump.
The report then adds that Sandford took hold of the handle of an officer’s gun in an attempt to remove it, but before he was able to, he was arrested by officers at the scene.