2024-10-01 22:11:40
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, is accused of attempting to assassinate Donald Trump at a golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida.
As Ryan Wesley Routh58 years old, the man detained by the United States police was identified, after apparently tried to assassinate Donald Trump.
According to the American press report, the subject was captured 45 minutes after alarms went off at the Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beachin the state of Florida, where the businessman was playing a game.
According to the report from their security team, the alert went off when one of them claimed to have seen “the barrel of a rifle sticking out of the fence“, after which he confronted the subject, who immediately fled, leaving a AK-47 rifle with telescopic sight, a GoPro camera and two backpacks.
Less than an hour later, Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested on a highway without resisting. Although the Florida police did not clarify whether or not the subject managed to shoot Trump, was arrested for attempted murder.
Who is Ryan Routh, the man accused of trying to kill Trump
The North American media immediately reported the arrest of the subject, who He was described as a construction contractor, originally from North Carolina.
Democratic militant and committed defender of Ukraine In the war against Russia, Ryan Wesley Routh has even traveled to the European country to express his support for that country, in addition to calling on other people to join the fight against Vladimir Putin’s regime and demand greater support from Western countries. to kyiv.
“Many of the other conflicts are gray, but This conflict is definitely black and white, it’s good versus evil.“He stated in an interview with Newsweek Romania magazine.
“We need thousands and thousands of people fighting with the Ukrainians,” he told the reporter on that occasion, since according to him “This is the most important thing happening in the world today.“.
“I am willing to fly to Krakow (Poland) and go to the Ukrainian border to volunteer, fight and die“He had stated in another interview he gave after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine.
However, beyond his commitment to Ukraine, Ryan Routh has a long police record, including a criminal record. In the 1990s he was arrested for drug possession and driving without a licensein addition to having to face problems with the treasury.
In the first decade of this century, the man was accused of participating in various crimes, including barricading himself in a store while carrying an automatic weapon in 2002.