Trump Assassination Suspect Identified as Ryan Wesley Routh

The suspected would-be assassin of former President Donald Trump has been identified by officials as Ryan Wesley Routh, 58. Few details have been verified about Routh, including a motive. According to the official account so far, Routh allegedly took a position along the perimeter fence at the Trump International Golf Course at West Palm Beach, where he set up with an AK-47 style rifle, a GoPro, and two nondescript bags. A Secret Service agent, patrolling the golf course ahead of Trump, who was at the fifth hole, noticed a rifle poking through the fence line and opened fire, at which point Routh fled. Routh was 300 to 500 yards from Trump, authorities said, and had a scope attachment on his rifle....