Trump assassination attempt at Coachella Valley rally thwarted when man with multiple guns, fake passes arrested - Riverside sheriff | 13 Oct 2024 | A third assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump was thwarted on Saturday after a Las Vegas man was arrested with weapons and fake passes about a half mile from Trump's campaign rally in Coachella Valley, Riverside County Sheriff Chad Bianco said Sunday. Deputies assigned to Trump's rally said the driver, Vem Miller, rolled up in a black SUV to a checkpoint at the intersection of Avenue 52 and Celebration Drive around 5 p.m. He was found to be in illegal possession of a shotgun, loaded handgun, and a high-capacity magazine, the Riverside County Sheriff's Department said in a news release. Bianco told the Southern California News Group on Sunday that he believes Miller, who he said is a member of a right-leaning anti-government group, planned to kill Trump and that deputies thwarted the plan when Miller presented fake VIP and press passes at a checkpoint. "They were different enough to cause the deputies alarm," Bianco said. "We probably stopped another assassination attempt."