Man arrested near Trump rally had two guns and fake passports

A antheral successful amerciable possession of a shotgun and a loaded handgun was arrested astatine an intersection adjacent Donald Trump's rally successful Coachella, California, connected Saturday, constabulary said.

The 49-year-old suspect, Vem Miller, was driving a achromatic SUV erstwhile helium was stopped astatine a information checkpoint by deputies, who located the 2 firearms and a "high-capacity magazine".

Mr Miller was past taken into custody "without incident", the Riverside County Sheriff's bureau said, and booked connected possession of a loaded firearm and possession of a high-capacity magazine.

The US Secret Service said Trump “was not successful immoderate danger”, adding that the incidental did not interaction protective operations.

A section sheriff called the fishy a "lunatic" and his bureau added the brushwood did not impact the information of Trump oregon the rally's attendees.

Many questions stay unanswered.

While Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said it was intolerable to speculate astir what was successful the caput of the suspect, whom helium called a "lunatic," helium said helium "truly believed" that his officers had prevented a 3rd assassination attempt.

He added that it mightiness beryllium intolerable to beryllium that this was the man's intent.

A national instrumentality enforcement authoritative told CBS News determination was nary denotation of an assassination effort connected to this incident.

Federal authorities accidental they are inactive investigating the incident, and it would beryllium up to them to prosecute immoderate further charges.

The incidental - which occurred astatine 16:59 PDT (00:59 GMT) - an hr earlier Trump was scheduled to look connected signifier - highlights, erstwhile again, the aggravated information cognition astir him, and the dangers facing the erstwhile president, with conscionable implicit 3 weeks to spell until the election.

It follows 2 high-profile alleged assassination attempts connected Trump earlier this year.

Mr Miller was was charged with 2 misdemeanour weapons charges and was released connected a $5,000 (£3,826) bail. No national charges person been filed.

In a constabulary quality league earlier connected Sunday, Chad Bianco, a Riverside County sheriff, warned helium mightiness not beryllium capable to "give each of the information... due to the fact that of what we're doing".

He dismissed a question astir the suspect's governmental affiliation - and alternatively said "he was a lunatic".

The sheriff added that arsenic the fishy approached an extracurricular perimeter, adjacent the determination of the rally, helium "gave each indications that helium was allowed to beryllium there".

But arsenic the fishy got to the wrong perimeter, "many irregularities popped up", Sheriff Bianco added, explaining that the conveyance had a fake licence sheet and was successful "disarray" inside.

Multiple passports with aggregate names and aggregate driving licences were recovered successful the car, the sheriff said, adding that the licence sheet was "home-made" and not registered.

The US Attorney’s Office, Secret Service, and FBI are alert of the arrest, according to a connection from national authorities.

“The US Secret Service assesses that the incidental did not interaction protective operations and erstwhile President Trump was not successful immoderate danger,” the connection said.

“While nary national apprehension has been made astatine this time, the probe is ongoing. The US Attorney’s Office, US Secret Service, and FBI widen their gratitude to the deputies and section partners who helped guarantee the information of past night’s events.”

Security surrounding Trump has been heavy accrued successful the aftermath of erstwhile alleged assassination attempts.

The Saturday earlier Mr Miller's arrest, Trump held his 2nd rally successful Butler, Pennsylvania this year, the aforesaid spot were his receptor was bloodied aft a sniper fired aggregate shots successful his direction, sidesplitting 1 idiosyncratic successful the crowd.

Another antheral is presently successful jailhouse aft helium was arrested extracurricular the Trump International Golf Club successful West Palm Beach successful September. The antheral was spotted hiding successful bushes adjacent the play people with the muzzle of a firearm sticking retired done the shrubbery.