The man in custody after apparent Trump assassination attempt was filmed by AP in Kyiv in 2022
https://apnews.com/live/trump-shooting-west-palm-beach-updateshttps://apnews.com/live/trump-shooting-west-palm-beach-updates#00000191-f7ea-d09f-a59f-f7ff80380000Routh was convicted in 2002 of possessing a weapon of mass destruction, according to online North Carolina Department of Adult Correction records. The records do not provide details about the case.
But a News & Record story from 2002 says a man with the same name was arrested after a three-hour standoff with police.
The story says he was pulled over during a traffic stop, put his hand on a gun and barricaded himself inside a roofing business.
Routh was charged with carrying a concealed weapon and possessing a weapon of mass destruction, “referring to a fully automatic machine gun,” according to the News & Record.
