The network reported that Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was shot by Secret Service agents after they heard gunfire at the club. Trump International for golf In West Palm Beach, California Florida.
According to the network, the suspect currently lives in HawaiiHe had previously been involved in dozens of clashes with the police, some of which date back to the 1990s.
Roth is from North Carolina and his arrests include possession of drugsdriving without a license, expired inspection, operating a vehicle without insurance.
Police arrested Roth in 2002 after he engaged in a three-hour standoff with security forces, during which he used a firearm, which was a pistol.
Roth moved to Hawaii in 2017, and has since launched a construction company that builds affordable housing.
Media sites circulated footage of Roth dating back to an interview he conducted in 2022 with Newsweek Romania, in which he spoke frankly about his pro-Israel views. For Ukraine In her war with Russiaand his efforts to recruit foreign fighters to fight alongside Kiev.
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) announced on Sunday that the shooting incident at Trump’s golf course “appears to be an assassination attempt” on the Republican candidate for the US presidency.
At a press conference held by the Palm Beach County Mayor and a representative of the Secret Service, and the FBIOfficials confirmed that the suspect in the attack had a “Kalashnikov“And he was carrying a GoPro camera, apparently to document the incident.
The suspect was hiding in bushes on the field, and Trump was 300 to 500 meters away from him.
The officers engaged the gunman and fired at least four magazines of ammunition.
The gunman then dropped his rifle, two backpacks and other items and fled in his black car.
Authorities sent an alert to devices across the state with the vehicle’s data.
Martin County Sheriff’s deputies were able to stop and arrest the suspect on I-95.
