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Police have captured an Arizona man who allegedly threatened to kill Donald Trump following a manhunt that unfolded as the previous president was visiting the border state.
Police say Ronald Lee Syvrud, 66, of Cochise County, made dying threats towards Trump in social media posts over the previous fortnight.
Trump was in Cochise County on Thursday visiting the US frontier with Mexico.
Last month Trump was grazed by a bullet in an assassination try at a marketing campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office says Syrvud can also be wished for failing to register as a intercourse offender.
He faces a number of warrants in each Wisconsin and Arizona, together with on costs of driving below the affect and a felony hit and run.
Police say he’s from Benson, Arizona, which is positioned about 50 miles (80km) south-east of Tucson.
The Cochise County Sheriff’s Office posted on Thursday afternoon that that they had caught the suspect inside the county traces.
“This topic has been taken into custody with out incident,” the workplace posted.
Trump spent Thursday in Cochise County, visiting the US-Mexico border.
During his remarks, he sought guilty his rival, Democratic presidential nominee Kamala Harris, for permitting unlawful immigrants into the US.
Reporters requested him if he was conscious of the seek for the Cochise County suspect.
“No, I’ve not heard that, however I’m not that stunned and the reason being as a result of I wish to do issues which are very dangerous for the dangerous guys,” Trump stated.
This is not the primary risk towards a presidential candidate this election cycle.
Earlier this month, a 66-year-old Virginia man was arrested on suspicion of creating dying threats towards Vice-President Harris, amongst different public officers.
