Ryan Wesley Routh has been identified by US media as a suspect following the apparent assassination attempt on US Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump in Florida.
Mr Routh, 58, is from North Carolina originally and spent most of his life there, according to property records, but has most recently lived in Hawaii.
His known activity paints a mixed picture of his politics, and he appears to have felt strongly about Ukraine’s war effort. He has also had several legal issues.
Here are some of the other things we know about him.
The man in custody in connection with what is being described as a second attempt to assassinate former President Donald Trump was vocal about U.S. support for Ukraine and has a long criminal and civil court history, including a conviction for possessing a machine gun.
Ryan Wesley Routh, 58, was taken into custody after Secret Service agents fired shots at him at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, three senior law enforcement sources said. In 2002, court records show, he was convicted of possessing a weapon of mass destruction — a machine gun.
In that case, a man named Ryan Routh, 36 at the time, allegedly led authorities on a vehicle chase before he holed up at a roofing company in Greensboro, North Carolina, according to an account by the Greensboro News & Record.
A person named Ryan Routh resided for decades in North Carolina, property records show. Most recently, someone by the name of Ryan Routh lived in the small coastal community of Kaaawa on Oahu’s eastern shore in Hawaii. Authorities there did not immediately respond to an inquiry about any possible contacts with Routh.
What did Mr Routh do?
He is suspected of going to the Trump International Golf Course in Florida on Sunday, armed with an AK-47-style rifle. The FBI recovered the weapon and scope, two backpacks, and a GoPro camera from the bush where the suspect hid.
Although Routh managed to escape in his car, he appears to have been spotted by a witness who took a photo of the black Nissan he was driving.
An urgent alert was put out for the car. Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said two officers picked up Mr Routh’s vehicle 45 minutes after the gun was spotted at the golf course, and followed it.
He was eventually stopped on Interstate 95 and taken into custody.
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