Overview
- The Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office identified the suspect as Paul Messer and booked him on a battery charge.
- Authorities say the woman was hit multiple times in the upper chest and neck with a metal flagpole and had visible redness on her neck.
- Deputies detained Messer on Sunday and transported him to the Palm Beach County Jail.
- The White House press pool on scene reported the man was holding a pro-Trump flag and described a small crowd of opposing demonstrators.
- The incident occurred by a barricade near Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, and no further legal actions were reported at this time.