A Florida sheriff remarked Monday that the suspect in a second assassination plot targeting former President Donald Trump appeared as calm as if he was heading to church when he was arrested.
Martin County Sheriff William Snyder told CNN anchor Erin Burnett that suspect Ryan Routh was stopped in a "chaotic" scene. Around 15-20 armed deputies in body armor stopped Routh and blocked traffic in both directions. A police dog unit and a helicopter were also involved in the stop.
Even so, Snyder noted that Routh appeared "nonplus."
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"He was nonplus would be the way I would describe it. His facial affect was relatively flat. He was engaged, you could tell. He was alert. He knew what was going on. But yet he never asked, 'What is this about? What's going on?' The normal things that you would expect. Even from guilty people oftentimes try to put on a front, but not him."
Snyder added that Routh appeared "calm as if he was getting ready to go to a late-night church service" and said it was "odd" that Routh didn't ask any questions while in the law enforcement vehicle.
The sheriff said a key witness who identified Routh as the suspect was airlifted to the location.
"He makes the positive ID and really, as far as we're concerned, that's the best ending that could've happened," said Snyder.
Routh, 58, was charged with possession of a firearm as a convicted felon and possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number at his initial court appearance.
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