Ryan Wesley Routh, Suspect in Possible Trump Assassination Attempt

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A picture is emerging of the suspect who officials say pointed a high-powered rifle through the fence line of a Florida golf course where former President Donald Trump was golfing Sunday afternoon. The FBI and U.S. Secret Service are investigating the incident, which the FBI said “appears to be an attempted assassination of former President Trump.”

Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was armed with an AK-47-style rifle and was allegedly 300-500 yards away from Trump when members of the former president’s Secret Service detail spotted him, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw. The suspect was a few holes ahead of where the president was golfing at the Trump International Golf Course in West Palm Beach, officials said.

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