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19-yr-old charged for attempting to kill Donald Trump

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8 years ago

June 21, 2016

A 19-year-old man, Michael Sandford has been charged for attempting to take the life of presumptive Republican candidate Donald Trump at a rally in Las Vegas.

According to a complaint filed in the US District Court in Nevada, Sandford allegedly attempted to grab a police officer’s gun in Las Vegas and use it to kill Trump at a rally at the Mystere Theatre in the Treasure Island Casino on June 18th before being overpowered.

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The young man also confessed to a Secret Service agent that he had driven from California to Las Vegas “to kill Trump”, and had also been to a range a day earlier to learn to shoot as he had never fired a gun before.

“Sandford acknowledged that he would likely only be able to fire one to two rounds and stated he was convinced he would be killed by law enforcement during his attempt on Trump’s life,” the complaint said.

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