Routh’s alleged assassination is the second attempt on the Republican presidential nominee’s life in just three months.
The man who attempted to shoot Donald Trump at his golf club has been identified as Ryan Routh.
A photo of him 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 has surfaced online.
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.