Trump golf course shooter named as Ryan Wesley Routh as suspect is arrested for assassination attempt in Florida

Ryan Wesley Routh, the man named as the suspect in a possible assassination attempt near Donald Trump's Florida golf club, was calm and emotionless when he was arrested Sunday. Ryan Wesley Routh, the man named as the suspect in a possible assassination attempt near Donald Trump 's Florida golf club, was calm and emotionless when he was arrested Sunday Routh, 58 is in custody after the terrifying incident at Trump International Club almost exactly two months after a separate assassination attempt against Trump during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania Routh, a registered Democrat, was convicted in 2002 of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, per online North Carolina Department of Adult Correction records but could not provide details about the case. Trump supporters gather around Mar-A-Lago, after Republican presidential nominee and former U.S. President Donald Trump returned from Trump International Golf Club, which was the site of a shooting Officials said U.S. Secret Service agents spotted a rifle barrel sticking out of the bushes two holes ahead of where Trump was golfing on Sunday, prompting the agents to fire at the suspect Asked whether his father owned a gun, he replied, 'Not that I know of. Martin County Sherriff William D. Snyder said Routh 'was not displaying a lot of emotions' when police arrested him Now-deleted Facebook profile of Ryan Routh, who allegedly tried to shoot Donald Trump at one of his Florida golf courses United States Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a post on X: 'The Secret Service, in conjunction with the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, is investigating a protective incident involving former President Donald Trump that occurred shortly before 2 p.m.' 'The former president is safe,' he assured, adding that the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office will follow up with more details about the incident. A bullet struck Donald Trump's right ear during an assassination attempt on July 13 at a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania Shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, 20, was shot dead by Secret Service agents after he was able to climb onto a roof with an AR-15 just 400 feet from where Trump was speaking and take multiple shots that killed one rally goer, critically injured two others and struck the former president Trump walked away from the assassination attempt with just a bloody ear that could have been a fatal shot had it been a few millimeters different and struck his head.