# Attempted assassination of Donald Trump in California

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On 13 October 2024, Donald Trump, a former president of the United States and the nominee of the Republican Party in the 2024 presidential election, survived an alleged assassination attempt after police officers apprehended Vem Miller, a 49 year old from Las Vegas. Miller used a fake press pass in order to bypass security. Police also found that he had several fake passports, multiple fake drivers licenses, a loaded shotgun, and a loaded handgun with a high capacity magazine.

## Background

The incident occurred less than a month after Trump survived a second assassination attempt in while golfing at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida. This is the third attempted assassination on Donald Trump during his 2024 Presidential campaign.

## Incident

On 13 October 2024, Trump was holding a rally at Coachella Valley in California. At 4:59 pm, deputies assigned to Donald Trump's rally pulled over a Black SUV at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive. The deputies then arrested Las Vegas resident Vem Miller at a checkpoint. They then found that Miller had a fake press pass, a fake entry pass several fake passports, multiple fake drivers licenses, a loaded shotgun, and a loaded handgun with a high capacity magazine. The firearms in his possession also were not registered nor was the Black SUV that he was driving. Later it was reported by Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco that his license plate was an "obviously fake license plate".

## Suspect

The suspect is 49 year old Vem Miller from Las Vegas. Miller had been released on a $5,000 bail on 12 October 2024, a day before the rally. In a call with FOX news, Miller said "I always travel around with my firearms in the back of my truck". However he later added "I've literally never even shot a gun in my life. I don't know anything about guns. I am beyond a novice." Miller is resistered as a Republican. In 2022, he ran for state Assembly in Nevada in 2022, but lost his primary. He claims that all of the accusations against him are "complete bullshit" and that he is "an artist and the last person that would cause any violence and harm to anybody". Authorities believed that Miller has links to the Sovereign citizen movement.

## Aftermath

Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said in an interview that law enforcement had likely prevented another assassination attempt saying "I truly do believe we prevented another assassination attempt". He then added that the licence plate was "indicative of a group of individuals that claim to be Sovereign Citizens", an anti-government movement. In a joint statement, the FBI and US Secret Service stated that investigations on the incident are ongoing. Donald Trump's son, Donald Trump Jr said that the "Assassination attempts against my father never end" after being asked about the incident.