{"id":32079,"date":"2025-09-13T00:03:20","date_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:03:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=32079"},"modified":"2025-09-13T00:03:20","modified_gmt":"2025-09-13T00:03:20","slug":"flashlight-rifle-backpacks-prosecutors-outline-ryan-rouths-alleged-sniper-setup","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/investmentbankingrules.com\/?p=32079","title":{"rendered":"Flashlight, rifle, backpacks: Prosecutors outline Ryan Routh\u2019s alleged sniper setup"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Day 5 of Ryan Routh\u2019s federal trial, jurors heard from prosecutors who presented evidence they said connected Ryan Routh\u2019s clothing and belongings to the alleged sniper\u2019s nest at Trump International Golf Club during the alleged assassination attempt last year.
\nFBI Special Agent Jose Loureiro walked jurors through photos they argued tie Routh\u2019s clothing to the scene. Images showed Routh in a long-sleeve pink shirt, pants and leggings.\u00a0
\nProsecutors highlighted a red stain on the pants and compared it to red paint on a bag recovered at the sniper hide, suggesting a direct link between the defendant and the site. They also displayed a blue Harbor Freight flashlight recovered from the area.
\nRouth\u2019s cross-examination was brief.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\u2018Fortuitous that the blue flashlight with the name on it landed straight up on it?\u2019 he asked.
\n\u2018I wouldn\u2019t know,\u2019 Loureiro replied. Routh asked no further questions.
\nAlso on Friday, Lt. William Gale, commander of the Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s bomb squad, testified he was monitoring radio traffic when he heard a panicked voice yell, \u2018Shots fired, shots fired, shots fired!\u2019\u00a0
\nHe said he crawled through hedges near the sixth hole of Trump International Golf Club and found \u2018two backpacks hanging on the fence, a rifle leaning on the fence and a GoPro-type camera zip-tied to the fence.\u2019\u00a0
\nOn the ground nearby, he said, were Vienna sausages, the same brand prosecutors said they tied to a selfie Routh allegedly took hours before. Routh declined to cross-examine him.<\/p>\n

Sgt. Kenneth Mays, a tactical officer with the sheriff\u2019s office, also took the stand and described forcing his way into \u2018pretty thick\u2019 brush and finding a rifle and bags clipped to the fence in a spot that \u2018looked like someone had been in there.\u2019 On cross-examination, Routh quizzed him on how AK-47 rifles function, repeatedly interrupting with, \u2018right, right, right.\u2018
\nBefore the lunch break, jurors also heard from FBI Special Agent Kathryn Rose, who spent about an hour on the stand. Prosecutor Maria Medetis Long walked her through a series of exhibits, including the rifle itself, which was still sealed in its evidence box and cut out with scissors, as well as the magazine, the single bullet left in the chamber, the black metal plates, two bags that had been spray-painted a different color and the GoPro-style camera.\u00a0
\nWhen Judge Aileen Cannon asked jurors if they wanted a closer look at any of the evidence, they declined.\u00a0
\nThe day began with FBI forensic specialist Erin Casey, who guided jurors through drone footage, laser scans and animated \u2018fly-through\u2019 reconstructions of the alleged sniper nest. She testified the hideout was \u2018126 feet and 10 inches from the flag on the sixth green.\u2019\u00a0
\nRouth has pleaded not guilty to federal charges, including attempted assassination of a former president, assault on a federal officer with a deadly weapon and multiple firearms offenses. U.S. prosecutors allege he plotted for months, traveled from Hawaii to Florida and positioned himself at Trump International Golf Club with a rifle chambered and ready to fire on Sept. 15, 2024.<\/p>\n

Court was still underway Friday afternoon, with additional FBI witnesses expected. Cannon told jurors proceedings are scheduled to run until 5:30 p.m. daily. Court will resume Monday with prosecutors expected to continue calling FBI witnesses as they build their case.<\/p>\n

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