He sniper who tried to kill former United States President Donald Trump last Sunday, Ryan Wesley Routhwas hiding in his nest at the Republican candidate’s West Palm Beach (Florida) golf course for 12 hours before he was discovered by the Secret Service agent, who shot him, preventing Trump from being shot in his second attack in just over two months. The Secret Service agent discovered Ryan Wesley Routh upon seeing the barrel of his gunan SKS with a telescopic sight, protrude from the bush fence around 1:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m.), while Trump was in the golf course between 300 and 500 meters away with his friend Steve Witkoff, a real estate investor, who acknowledged this Monday that “Trump worried about his friends before thinking about himself.”
After seeing him, the Secret Service agent shot Routh, who was able to speed away from the golf course in a Nissan sports vehicle with stolen license plates. In it sniper nestSecret Service agents found a digital camera, two backpacks and a loaded SKS-style rifle that had a scratched and illegible serial number. The SKS style rifle, which is not manufactured in Florida, has been brought from another state or country. Routh was convicted in 2002 in Greensboro (North Carolina) after a conventional weapon and another weapon of mass destruction were found on him. He was subsequently convicted in 2010 on multiple counts of robbery.
This Monday they appeared against Ryan Wesley Routh two federal charges related to illegal possession of weapons in West Palm Beach Federal Court in Florida. Meanwhile, more are expected to be filed against him in the coming days, although more details have not yet been offered by the Florida court.
What weapon was used to kill Trump?
SKS-type rifles are semi-automatic weapons with 7.62mm cartridges, a higher caliber than most commonly used in AR-style rifles. They are inspired by a design that originated in the Soviet Union in the 1940s, but it soon became obsolete with the AK-47.
The standard SKS is not a precision rifle. On the other hand, it is a weapon capable of hitting the target at the distance that the sniper was from Trump. He SKS is very common in stores and gun shows in the United States, because it is relatively cheap and fires abundant ammunition.
Sunday’s attack, as previously indicated, is the second to occur two months after Trump was shot in the ear in the head on July 13 at during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The terrorist, Thomas Matthew Crooks20 years old, used an AR-style rifle in July purchased legally by his father several years earlier. He shot Trump from a rooftop about 150 meters away. He wounded the former president and killed a Trump voter who lay on top of his family to protect his wife and daughters when gunshots were heard.
Yesterday was a day I will never forget. I watched my very close friend @realDonaldTrump be his typical strong, courageous and stoic self, concerned about his friends first before thinking of himself. That is the truest example of leadership. To the Secret Service and the Agent… pic.twitter.com/DKcldIFkSL
— Steve Witkoff (@SteveWitkoff) September 16, 2024
Steve WitkoffDonald Trump’s friend with whom he played golf while the former president was attempted to be assassinated, He wanted to thank Donald Trump for his behavior last Sunday through social networks.: “I saw my friend as always strong, courageous and stoic, worried about his friends before thinking about himself, a true example of leadership.”
