2nd Attempt on September 15, 2024
The second event happened at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on September 15, 2024, two months later. With an AK-47-style weapon and ballistic plates, Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii, waited in the brush outside the sixth hole’s fence for over twelve hours.
Secret Service agent Robert Firkaly was performing an advance sweep when he noticed the muzzle directed from the bushes and fired four shots toward it just before President Trump went from the fifth to the sixth hole.
Following Firkaly’s gunshot, Routh left in a car without firing a shot, but he was apprehended on a neighbouring highway. Two bags and an AK-47-style weapon with a scope were discovered in the woods.
Routh was found guilty on all five counts in September 2025 and, on Feb. 4, 2026, received a life sentence and an additional seven years for a firearms offense.