What we know about the suspect in the Trump apparent assassination attempt

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(NPR) The man arrested in connection with what the FBI is calling an apparent attempted assassination of former President Donald Trump has a lengthy criminal record and recent fixation on global politics, particularly Russia's war in Ukraine.

The suspect, whom local officials identified as Ryan Wesley Routh, was taken into custody on Sunday afternoon on Interstate 95 near West Palm Beach, Fla., after what authorities say was possibly an attempt on Trump's life at his golf club — which would be the second attack in the last nine weeks.

The Secret Service said an agent who was stationed one hole ahead of Trump on the Trump International Golf Club West Palm Beach spotted a rifle sticking out of a fence. The suspect holding the rifle was hiding in the shrubbery some 300 to 500 yards away from the Republican presidential nominee.

Routh did not fire a shot, but the agent opened fire on him, Secret Service acting director Ronald Rowe said on Monday. Routh took off in a black Nissan, which authorities located on the highway a short while later, thanks to an eyewitness tip.

https://www.npr.org/2024/09/16/nx-s1-5113801/trump-shooting-assassination-attempt-suspect-ryan-wesley-routh

[RussBLib]

1. Ideally

....I hear he voted Trump in 2016 and Biden in 2020. Ideally, it would be pretty awesome to hear he was disgusted with what Trump had done to his Republican Party and sought to "fix" it. I'm sure many Repubs would be able to relate to that.