19 Year Old Boy Tried To Kill Donald Trump In Las Vegas

19 Year Old Boy Tried To Kill Donald Trump In Las Vegas 

A man arrested at a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas told authorities he tried to grab an officer’s gun so he could kill the candidate. A complaint filed Monday in US District Court in Nevada charges Michael Steven Sandford with an act of violence on restricted grounds. He’s expected to appear in court on Monday afternoon.

Authorities said Sandford went to Trump's rally on Saturday at the Treasure Island Casino and approached a Las Vegas police officer to say he wanted an autograph from Trump. The report says Sandford grabbed the handle of an officer’s gun in an attempt to remove it, and was arrested.
Police also reported that  Sandford is 19.

He told a special agent that he was in the US for about a year and a half, and lived in  New Jersey, then drove to the San Bernardino, California area in his car before coming to Las Vegas on June 16. Sandford also told officers that he had been planning an assassination for about a year and was convinced he would die in the attempt.

He said he also reserved a ticket for a Trump rally in Phoenix, scheduled for later in the day, as a backup. He told authorities that he went to the Battlefield Vegas shooting range the day before the rally and fired 20 rounds from a 9mm Glock pistol to learn how to use it. Police detectives who visited the range spoke with an employee who confirmed that he provided Sandford shooting lessons, according to the complaint.

Source: New York Times