Suspect in apparent Trump assassination attempt charged with two gun crimes, appears in court

• The suspect in the apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump is making his first court appearance.
• Ryan Wesley Routh, appeared in shackles bearing a nonchalant demeanor in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach.
• Routh was arrested after U.S. Secret Service agents opened fire at Trump's golf course in West Palm Beach while the Republican nominee was playing a round.

The suspect in an apparent assassination attempt against former President Donald Trump has been charged with two federal gun crimes.

The man, 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, faces one count of possession of a firearm by a prohibited person and one count of possession of a firearm with an obliterated serial number, NBC News reported.

The charges were revealed during Routh's initial court appearance in U.S. District Court in West Palm Beach on Monday morning.

Routh, appearing in shackles and dark blue jail attire before magistrate Judge Ryon McCabe, appeared unbothered and nonchalant as he sat with a public defender, NBC reported.

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