Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt has ties to Triad
In this image taken from police body camera video and released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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In this image taken from police body camera video and released by the Martin County, Fla., Sheriff’s Office, law enforcement officers arrest Ryan Routh, the man suspected in the apparent assassination attempt of Donald Trump, Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff’s Office via AP)
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This photo provided by the Martin County Sheriff's Office shows Sheriff's vehicles surrounding an SUV on the northbound I-95 in Martin County on Sunday, Sept. 15, 2024. (Martin County Sheriff's Office via AP)
UPDATED 9/16/24 4:50 p.m.
Former President Donald Trump was targeted in what the FBI is calling an assassination attempt on Sunday. The suspect is 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, a longtime Triad resident.
The North Carolina Department of Adult Correction website shows Routh as having various charges over the last few decades, including a 2002 charge of possessing a “weapon of mass destruction.” He has been a defendant in multiple court cases and faced a significant number of misdemeanors.
According to NPR, Routh owns a Hawaii-based business that builds portable storage units and tiny homes. On social media, he appears as a frustrated former Trump supporter who backs Ukraine in its war against Russia.
Routh is registered as an unaffiliated voter in North Carolina, and voted in this year’s Democratic primary in Guilford County.
Routh appeared in West Palm Beach federal court on Monday and was charged with two gun-related offenses — possession of a firearm as a convicted felon, and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number.
*This is a developing story.
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