The suspected Trump gunman was once charged with possessing a weapon of mass destruction
“I had no idea that he had moved on and was continuing his escapades.” “I had no clue that he had moved on and was continuing his escapades.”
According to court records from the Guilford District Court in North Carolina obtained by WIRED, Routh was arrested by the Greensboro Police Department on December 16, 2002.
Local reporting from Greensboro News and Record in 2002 states that Routh was pulled over by police during a traffic stop. Routh then drove to the business United Roofing, where he proceeded to barricade himself for three hours, the police said at the time.
Fulk says he was well known in the area, and that police would get alerts about him allegedly related to, as she remembers, weapons and explosives.
“One night I recognized him in his vehicle,” she says. “One night I recognized him in his vehicle,” she says. As I approached, he removed a bag from the middle of his seat and I saw the gun. I pulled out my gun, and began shouting “Hey!” We had a
callout and a big standoff for 1-2 hours before they went in and we arrested him. We had a
emergency callout, and then a standoff lasting a few hours. Finally they entered and arrested him.” Routh was charged with driving without a license, resisting, delaying and obstructing police, and carrying a hidden weapon. The disposition of the case has not been made clear. Routh did, however, plead guilty to having a conceal gun. Routh was apprehended by law enforcement after a Secret Service Agent spotted the rifle poking out of the perimeter fence. The agent fired at least four shots in the direction the gunman was pointing. It is unclear whether the gunman actually fired a single shot. Law enforcement later found an AK-47 style rifle with a scope and a GoPro in the bushes.[Special Response Team]Law enforcement personnel investigate the area around Trump International Golf Club after an apparent assassination attempt of former President Donald Trump on September 15, 2024 in West Palm Beach, Florida.
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