Monday, September 16, 2024 - The man held as a suspect in the second Trump assassination attempt appeared calm and collected as he sat handcuffed in the back of a police car after he was captured by authorities in Florida Sunday afternoon, September 15.
The photo of Ryan Routh obtained by Fox
News showed the 58-year-old suspect in a t-shirt and dark pants with his
hands cuffed behind his back after he allegedly brought an AK-47-style rifle
along Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach and waited for the former
president.
He appeared unfazed in the image, which backs up what Martin
County Sheriff William Snyder said about the Routh’s behavior during a press
conference.
Snyder said Routh was “relatively calm” during the
detainment.
“Was not displaying a lot of emotion,” he told
WPLG. “Never asked ‘what is this about?’ Obviously law enforcement with
long rifles, blue lights, lots going on — never questioned it.”
Sheriff deputies took Routh into custody on Interstate 95
after Secret Service agents spotted the muzzle of a gun in shrubbery that lined
the course as the former president golfed a few holes behind.
An agent fired at the suspect before he fled in an SUV,
authorities said.
Routh has a long criminal history, though his son
reportedly said later Sunday he doesn’t think his father is
violent. He was convicted in 2022 of possessing a weapon of mass
destruction.
On social media, the suspected wanna-be assassin blasted
Trump as a threat to democracy.
No charges have been filed yet in the case.
Routh’s alleged assassination is the second attempt on the
Republican presidential nominee’s life in just three months.
Trump was grazed by a bullet in July during a campaign rally
in Pennsylvania after Thomas Matthew Crooks shot at him from a nearby rooftop.
Crooks, 20, was killed by the Secret Service during the mayhem.
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