Former Neighbor of Trump’s Would-Be Assassin Described Him as Being ‘a Little Cuckoo’
A former neighbor who knows the man who attempted to assassinate former President Donald Trump on Sunday described him as being “a little cuckoo.”
Ryan Wesley Routh was known to bring fear into the neighborhood, according to a woman who lived near him in North Carolina for almost 20 years. She told FOX8 that she thought that he was odd and could not believe that he was involved with trying to kill Trump.
“Him, I mean, trying to shoot Trump. That’s a lot. I would have never guessed, and I would have swore up and down, no, that’s not him,” she told the outlet.
“… I just can’t believe it. I mean, if I didn’t see it with my own eyes, I mean the pictures and stuff and all, then I wouldn’t be able to believe that.”
She said that she was not shocked to learn that guns were involved, stating she had seen firearms at Routh’s home over the years. She mentioned that many people were once “afraid of him back in the day.”
Routh, who moved to Hawaii in May, did not seem out of the ordinary during their last encounter, according to the neighbor. She said that he hugged her and gifted her a shirt from Hawaii. He also employed her son to assist him with moving.
“I thought he was just living the life in Hawaii with the girlfriend and all, so for him to be assassinating the president, that’s just crazy,” she said.
Routh, who was a registered Democrat, has a criminal record dating from 2002 in North Carolina when he locked himself inside a Greensboro business with a gun, according to the News & Record.
He was also sentenced for driving without a license, carrying a concealed weapon and hit-and-run in 2003. He was convicted in 2010 for possessing stolen goods.
The DAC website indicates that Routh received probation for all of these charges.
NBC reported that in total, over 100 criminal counts were filed against him while living in North Carolina.
While Trump was playing golf at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida on Sunday, gunshots were heard, causing the Secret Service to take immediate action and protect the former president, who had survived an assassination attempt carried out by 20-year-old Thomas Matthew Crooks on July 13.
Palm Beach County State Attorney Dave Aronberg stated that officials presume that Routh was “lying in wait” for Trump. He also said that it is presumed that he was aiming at the Secret Service agent who fired at him.
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