The suspect who allegedly made the second assassination attempt on US presidential candidate Donald Trump was identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, of Hawaii as per the reports by CNN, Fox News and The New York Times, citing unnamed law enforcement officials.
As per his profiles on X, Facebook, and LinkedIn for a Ryan Routh who appeared to be the man. The social media accounts suggest that he was an avid supporter of Ukraine in its war against Russia. In several of his posts, he was trying to help recruit soldiers for Ukraine’s war effort.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said Secret Service agents saw a rifle barrel poking out from bushes about 365 to 460 meters away from Trump as he played golf at his golf course.
The agents engaged the gunman, firing at least four rounds of ammunition around 1:30 pm. The gunman threw his his rifle, and left behind two backpacks and other items, and escaped in a black Nissan car.
He was apprehended in neighboring Martin County about 65km from the golf course.
Earlier this year, Routh tagged Biden in a post on X: “@POTUS Your campaign should be called something like KADAF.
Keep America democratic and free. Trumps should be MASA …make Americans slaves again master. DEMOCRACY is on the ballot and we cannot lose.”
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