(CNN) — The man arrested for trying to disarm a police officer inside a Donald Trump rally in Las Vegas Saturday told authorities he intended to use the gun "to kill Trump," according to a new criminal complaint.

Police arrested the 19-year-old after he attempted to pull a police officer's gun from its holster inside a Las Vegas theater where Trump, the presumptive Republican nominee, was holding a campaign rally.
Police said Michael Sandford struck up a conversation with a Las Vegas Metropolitan Police officer under the pretense that he was seeking to get an autograph.

During the conversation, police said Sandford tried to pull the officer's service weapon from its holster. Other officers also assigned to provide security at the event were quickly able to detain Sandford and authorities said there was no further disruption to the event.

Sanford told police that he drove to Las Vegas from California "to kill Trump," according to the complaint, after hearing a few days earlier in the news that he was expected there. On June 17, he practiced shooting a gun for the first time at a gun range in Las Vegas.

"Sanford further stated that if he were on the street tomorrow, he would try this again," reads the complaint, obtained by CNN. "Sandford claimed he had been planning to kill Trump for about a year but decided to act on this occasion because he finally felt confident about trying it."

He is expected to make his initial appearance in front of U.S. District Court Magistrate Judge George Foley at 6 p.m. ET Monday, according to a U.S. Attorney's office spokesperson.

Sanford also told authorities that had he not tried to assassinate Trump at the Las Vegas event, he had planned to go to his next rally, in Phoenix, Arizona, and try again there.
Trump is under U.S. Secret Service protection but local law enforcement often supplements them at campaign events.

Nukilia:
@ Op, you must be out of your mind! What correlation does the topic have with religion?

Mad people roaming everywhere

Nukilia:
@ Op, you must be out of your mind! What correlation does the topic have with religion?

Mad people roaming everywhere

hmuhammad:
See mumu

FriendChoice:

A very clear correlation.
He mustn't be a Muslim before he is referred to as terrorist.

Who is a terrorist?

1. A person who uses terrorism in the pursuit of political aims.

2. A person who use of violence and threats to intimidate or coerce, especially for political purposes.

3. Someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction — or the threat of those things — to coerce people or countries into taking a certain action is a terrorist. A terrorist may be motivated by religious fervor, politics, or just plain old-fashioned greed.

ThatVvnGurl:
A christian terrorist? How about 19 year old tries to kill Trump?

What does this kid know about terrorism?

Nukilia:
@ Op, you must be out of your mind! What correlation does the topic have with religion?

Mad people roaming everywhere

Olarajee:

Now you know how it feels?

eph12:

Mr dictionary it's not clear yet whether the boy was politically or religiously motivated. This is very important in defining a terrorist.

ThatVvnGurl:
A christian terrorist? How about 19 year old tries to kill Trump?

What does this kid know about terrorism?

FriendChoice:


Its time for the world to believe that criminal act have no religion, age, and country.

xtophy:

Lolz..
there's no need of lamenting over wat is not. ur religion has done more harm dan good to dis planet...has ur religion even done any good? i doubt it....

FriendChoice:


What is this one saying? Trying to divert from the real issue of the Post. let me remind you what we are discussing A Christian Terrorist Attempt To Kill Donald Trump

ThatVvnGurl:
A christian terrorist? How about 19 year old tries to kill Trump?

What does this kid know about terrorism?

ThatVvnGurl:
A christian terrorist? How about 19 year old tries to kill Trump?

What does this kid know about terrorism?

shamsuRana:


You don't have to stress your self to a congenital hypocrite.He understands you well..he is just a blind bat.Terrorism knows no religion,this is a fact undisputed.

FriendChoice:
If the guy is a Muslim that will be the news heading world wide from local media to foreign.

Donald Trump be like. That's why if elected, I will prevent all Muslims from entering U.S.A

FriendChoice:


3. Someone who uses violence, mayhem, and destruction — or the threat of those things — to coerce people or countries into taking a certain action is a terrorist. A terrorist may be motivated by religious fervor, politics, or just plain old-fashioned greed.

eph12:

What if it's not greed?

sumborri:
in this period of ramadan, see how untruthful and biased you are. It doesn't matter anyway, you attempts at pullling straws are mute. We all know that , in today's world, one must be a muslim (radical) before he becomes a terrorist. respect ur ramadan and stay away from courting biased controversies

FriendChoice:


Trash

sumborri:
wisdom is thrash to the unwise. Shey u understand your mental level now

FriendChoice:


Look stop defending it. There are many definition. Admit it and move.

"The real test of a man's integrity is how he reacts when he's been proven wrong. Blessed is he who's able to admit his mistake graciously." - Mufti Ismael Menk

eph12:

Am not defending his actions or planned actions. I only asked a simple question. What if it was for financial gain? Or his perceived ill advised moral obligation? Hope this is not too much for you to process sir?