Federal prosecutors charged Ryan Wesley Routh on Tuesday with attempting to assassinate Donald Trump, CNN reports.
Routh, 58, allegedly camped outside the former president’s West Palm Beach golf course with a high-powered AK-47-style rifle, waiting for Trump to pass by on September 15.
Prosecutors say the Hawaii resident “stalked” Trump for over a month ahead of the attempted assassination, with cell phone data placing him near the golf course and Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence over the course of August and September.
On September 15, Secret Service agents spotted a gun barrel poking through a fence at a spot a few hundred yards away from Trump and fired their guns, prompting Routh to allegedly flee.
He was later arrested by Martin County Sheriff’s Office deputies on I-95.
Routh was previously charged with two weapons-related offenses tied to the golf course incident.
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