He sniper who attempted to kill former US President Donald Trump last Sunday, Ryan Wesley Routhwas hiding in his nest on the Republican candidate’s golf course in West Palm Beach, Florida, for 12 hours before being discovered by the Secret Service agent, who shot him, preventing Trump from being gunned down in his second attack in just over two months. The Secret Service agent discovered Ryan Wesley Routh seeing the barrel of his gunAn SKS equipped with a telescopic sight, protruded from the bush fence at around 1:30 p.m. (7:30 p.m.), while Trump was in the golf course between 300 and 500 meters with his friend Steve Witkoff, a real estate investor, who acknowledged on Monday that “Trump worries about his friends before thinking about himself.”
After seeing him, the Secret Service agent shot Routh, who was able to sped away from the golf course in a Nissan SUV with stolen license plates. Inside 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 made in Florida, was imported 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 later convicted in 2010 of multiple counts of robbery.
This Monday, they appeared against Ryan Wesley Routh two federal charges related to illegal possession of weapons in federal court in West Palm Beach, Florida. In the meantime, more charges are expected to be filed against him in the coming days, although further details have not yet been provided by the Florida court.
What weapon was used to kill Trump?
SKS-type rifles are semi-automatic weapons that fire 7.62 mm cartridges, a heavier caliber than most commonly used in AR-type rifles. They are based on a design that originated in the Soviet Union in the 1940s, but it quickly became obsolete with the AK-47.
The standard SKS is not a sniper rifle. On the other hand, it is a weapon capable of hitting the target at the distance where Trump’s sniper was. It SKS is very common in stores and at gun shows in the United States because it is relatively cheap and fires abundant ammunition.
Sunday’s attack, as previously reported, is the second to occur two months after Trump was shot in the ear and head on July 13 at a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania.
The terrorist, Thomas Matthew Crooks20 years old, used an AR style rifle in July legally purchased by his father several years earlier. He shot Trump from a rooftop about 150 yards away. He hurt the former president and killed a Trump voter who was lying on his family to protect his wife and daughters when gunshots were heard.
Yesterday was a day I will never forget. I looked at my very close friend @realDonaldTrump to be his typical strong, courageous, stoic self, concerned first with his friends before thinking of himself. This is the true 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 was playing golf during the attempted assassination of the former president, He wanted to thank Donald Trump for his behavior last Sunday through social networks.: “I saw my friend as always strong, courageous and stoic, caring for his friends before thinking of himself, a true example of leadership.”
