What they found on the suspect. That backpack, the Gopro Camera and nk 47. Ryan Wesley Routh was born in 1966 and according to records he lives in hawaii but previously lived in greensboro, North Carolina. He is in custody in the last few minutes some of the social Media Profiles, facebook page, and his Linkedin Account have been identified. Joining us is Law Enforcement Intelligence correspondent. We are checking in with you as we learn more. We have learned a little more about his background, his criminal record and social Media Profile. Give a composite of what we are learning this man is in the early hours of this investigation. We were told he had a criminal record but we didnt know how extensive it was. According to public records, our research department, he is over 100 criminal charges previously. Most are in North Carolina. The question we are trying to sift through is what was real and made its way to court . What was adjudicated . Was he ever convicted . Did he ever plead guilty to anything . How did that go with respect to felonies and should he have been able to purchase this weapon . A lot of open questions and Something Law Enforcement is digging through right now. That takes care of the criminal history and the gun component. As far as his views, there are tons of different posts you have made that are flying around Social Media. We are trying to confirm the specific accounts because in this Day And Age given fake posts and a. I. Driven content, we want to be careful. We do have a sense that at some point, at least the new york times, appears to have profiled him. Somebody who was proukrainian but we are trying to get more details on that. He is in Police Custody at this hour. He is going to be brought up on most likely local charges. State charges by the Palm Beach State attorney who is Dave Aronberg and hes been down there a long time and appeared here on msnbc. His office will likely put local charges on him to hold him without bail. The fbi says they are investigating. Just as you both have been reporting, is an apparent Assassination Attempt. That is a federal crime so if they have enough evidence, that this is a person they believe is responsible, then they will perhaps bring federal charges against him. That is where that stands from a federal component then it will be up to either side to determine who will go first. I think what Dave Aronberg said at the Press Conference, for the moment it appears that he will put those charges on him and at some point the feds may move forward with their case and thats how that will work. Thats the next step from a legal perspective. Search warrants are being typed up so they will go through this individuals phones which is a real time Black Box on our lives, it seems these days. Then they have the car where he was taken into custody. You remarked about what was found at the scene. They have the gopro. Was he recording ahead of time . Is there Audio Entity make statements that would help with the Time Line . You dont have to be a watch of dateline to figure out the next steps federal investigators will take. I chuckle at this but this is a serious incident. Just to take a step back, think about this, we have an ongoing president ial campaign. You have candidates crisscrossing the country. The united nations general assembly, the high week went over 100 international leaders and dignitaries come in. I dont have to tell you whats going on between israel, hamas, Hezbollah And Everything in the middle east. We have Russias Invasion of ukraine. Theres a lot of foreign interests in the u. N. Ga. The Secret Service is responsible for that. Its an awful lot of responsibility on them, and there are serious questions and serious discussions, i am told, happening at the most senior levels of the federal Law Enforcement community about exactly how does a so going forward . What does it mean for these campaigns . I have been told the threat to trump, and its obvious given the events didion pennsylvania, the threat to trump are high. The threats to Vice PresidentKamala Harris and the democratic president ial candidate have been very high as well. None of this bodes particularly well as we head into the last two months of this president ial campaign. Let me ask one question. You have been talking as you get more information we are finding this guy has a lot of Rap Sheet. That would suggest it would be a little more difficult to get your hands on a gun. We are not at the point you have a full understanding of where he got the gun and how we got the gun given that he is known to Law Enforcement, as they say . That is right. They will look at the guns Serial Number and where was registered and sold. Was it sold to him . Was it sold to another individual . Is that somebody they could be looking at . Did he legally transfer the gun. There are many ways that could happen but did he legally transfer the gun. That will be a big question. If he did not or somebody sold it or there was a Straw Purchase theres a potential for federal charges. Thats a little ways down the road but they have to go through the system. Its not terribly efficient. Atf has not make funding to make it efficient. Spent time win with that threat assessment. Thank you. Lets go to West Palm Beach florida where this went down. Correspondent Kathy Park is there. What is the situation now . Reporter we are in front of the Golf Course right now where this incident took place. There is a tight perimeter around this resort. Earlier, we heard from the sheriff saying the witness who saw the suspect actually saw the individual jumper from the bushes. To show the lay of the land, its a little dark right now, but we can tell you there are a lot of tall bushes. Authorities did not specify the exact location where this individual, the witness saw the suspect. It was quick thinking of the witness who quickly wrote down the License Plate Number and then reported this information to authorities. It was a black nissan and the were able to track down the suspect on the interstate pretty much in a matter of minutes. During that time, resources moved in quickly at local state and federal agencies blocking off the roadways and they were able to apprehend the suspect who is in custody. Officials are stressing there is no longer a threat. There are still roadblocks in this area. To go back a little bit, as to how we got here. We are told the president was somewhere playing golf on the fifth or sixth typically when he does this, he has a bubble that follows him. There were agents in front of him and thats when they noticed something was wrong. I noticed the suspect allegedly aiming in that direction and thats when agents fired at least four rounds, we are told. It is unclear if the suspect fired back but no injuries were reported. Thats how things played out, and they mobilized quickly. They were able to get the suspect who is now in custody. This is something we are following closely. Not a lot of activity at this point. We did see a caravan of sheriffs deputies go through here a few minutes ago. Either theyre breaking down and moving the barricades at this point or reinforcing this area. Just a few minutes ago, Speaker Johnson posted an x that he spent a few hours with the former president. Kelly and i are departing mara lago i spent hours with former President Trump and we are thanking god for protecting him. No leader has endured more attacks and remained so strong and resilient. He is unstoppable. Right now, the investigation is pressing ahead. Evidence is being processed. You have the Arstyle Weapon they are looking into as well as the backpacks that contain the gopro and ceramic tiles. It is in infancy. A lot we are tracking. Kathy park, Thank You our next guest was at the Press Conference. Dave aronberg, Palm Beach County, florida and their overseeing charges against the suspect. Its good to see you again. We usually talk to you every sunday night. We wish it was under better circumstances. Lets start with the basics. What is the potential charge here of the suspect . We have been seeing conflicting reporting. Is it your understanding he managed to get a Shot Off in the direction of the Golf Course . Or was he laying in wait to possibly strike . What do you understand as to what he was doing . It is my understanding he was laying in wait and Secret Service did a heroic job to see a needle in the haystack. A guy through the bushes, pointing an Ak47 Style Rifle toward the former president , at and they took Action And Shot at him. According to what i know, he, the suspect pointed the rifle at Secret Service. That could create a charge of aggravated assault with a firearm which, since pointed at a Secret Service member, could get you up to 15 years in prison is a seconddegree felony. Normally its a thirddegree felony charge. At the Press Conference, i said it looks like we will be the once a filed charges first. The federal government could come in and they could file the Run Charge at any time. They decided to do so. This will be charged a federal case and not a state case. The federal government after the Press Conference informed us they will take over and will be filing federal charges. This guy is in a load of hurt because the federal government has a lot of charges and severe penalties we, at the state level, do not have. What constitutes an attempted assassination. If someone plans and acquires the things they need and end up at this place but does not get a Shot Off, does that fall in the same category . You dont have to get a shot up to be charge with attempted assassination. If you have done careful planning and you have done something, taken some action, he is facing a lot of time potentially in prison. One of the reasons why we were acting to get the warrants together and the motion for pretrial detention is to make sure he would not be release pending charges by the federal government. There is no worry of that now. The federal government has stepped in and he will face a federal judge in the near future. Its still early, but in a few hours your office was involved before the federal government stepped in, did you get any sense from him as to what motivated him . What the ideology was . Has he spoken to anyone who when directed from local Law Enforcement that arrested him . We understand he is in Palm Beach County and in custody of Secret Service, can you shed any light about the demeanor of the suspect since he has been brought into custody . When he was caught in Martin County which is 45 Minutes North of West Palm Beach, he drove 95 north. I dont know if he was trying to drive back to North Carolina, but he was picked up and apparently he was pretty quiet. Pretty compliant with Law Enforcement. It shows perhaps he has done this before, we know he has a Rap Sheet. He has had previous interaction with Law Enforcement and know enough not to talk, and he did not. Whether he has said something since, i dont know. He is back and pull beach county. Fortunately we had a Good Samaritan and Secret Service who did a great job. Especially after they got so much criticism after the incident in pennsylvania. They did an excellent job here and we had good communication with our federal partners. Can you tell a little to new yorkers how it works in florida when you have a long Rap Sheet but you have that kind of weapon . Yeah, florida is loose when it comes to gun laws. Perhaps that is something we should be discussing instead of whether we should have more protection around the former president. There is a lot of protection around them and the streets are closed outside of maralago and even when the former president is not there, the streets are closed. The Golf Course is a large place with a lot of bushes. It would be easy for someone to sneak in and people do that who take photographs. As far as the possession of the Ak47 Style Rifle, there are lose laws in florida. We need to be tougher on that but perhaps that will have to come at the federal level. Assault Weapons Ban or something. Florida has some of the looser laws in the country. One thing we do not have his open carry. If youre caught with a gun in the open, that is a crime. There is an attempt in florida to allowed to carry guns openly which would be a huge mistake. This shows why. You had a bystander who knew something was amiss perhaps because she or he saw this person emerging from the bushes with a weapon perhaps or so i weapon in this persons position. We averted a tragedy but it is a crime for an exfelon to possess a firearm, but as far as the ability to get guns like Assault Weapons . Its pretty easy. Because you are more familiar with the law than either one of us, how does the ideology that may emerge as motivation behind the shooter change the potential charge . We have talked about this in the past, we dont have a lot of strong domestic Terrorism Statutes. How would an individuals ideological Cleaning Change what he is charged with . As we heard from frank and tom and others, if this in any Way Shape or form, fits connected to a foreign entity or a foreign organization, changes the dynamic of what possible charges and terrorism comes in play . Thats a great point because there is a federal statute, its tough, about providing assistance to a foreign terrorist organization, to be part of a foreign terrorist organization. For a domestic terrorist organization, we do not have a domestic Terrorism Statute on the books with penalties. That is something ive talked about and i think needs to be addressed. In the meantime, the federal government has other laws that has severe Firearm Laws they can invoke. They have attempted assassination laws. They could file serious charges against this guy. As far as intent, it looks like based on his social Media Profile that he was really impassioned about the ukrainian cause against Vladimir Putin and calling it good versus evil which is interesting. A guy who can correctly identify the ukrainians are good versus putin who is evil. At the same time couldnt realize what he was trying to do was an evil act in itself . When you have someone who try something like this, you dont get people who are normal. People who are a little to arrange. Doesnt mean they are legal and seen. We are always looking for clear answers. Whats the motivation . 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