Trump was playing golf near his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida just before 2 p.m. Sunday when a Secret Service agent saw a rifle with a scope in the bushes outside the course, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said. Secret Service agents fired on the man, who did not return fire before he fled in a black Nissan, officials said.

The suspect — identified as Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii — was able to get within 300 to 500 yards of Trump at a chain link fence on the edge of the course, where he had an AK-47 and a GoPro camera set up, apparently to record the planned shooting. Like many who knew Routh, Correa said he was “shocked” to see his name in the headlines.