Footage released of moment alleged would-be Donald Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh arrested

Authorities have released bodycam footage of the moment alleged would-be Donald Trump assassin Ryan Wesley Routh was arrested.

Routh, 58, could be seen walking backwards with his arms and T-shirt above his head just seconds before he was cuffed on Interstate 95 in West Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday afternoon, a clip released by the Martin County Sheriff’s Office shows.

“Driver, walk straight back. Keep walking,” a local law enforcement officer screamed before others raced in to cuff him.

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Routh, who was still wearing sunglasses, appeared to smile as he was hauled away.

The suspect was nabbed some 40 minutes after he allegedly fled from the sniper’s nest he’d set up along the outskirts of the former president’s Trump International West Palm Beach golf course, authorities said.

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Secret Service agents stationed a few holes up from where Trump was playing golf had spotted the muzzle of his rifle sticking through the shrubbery that lines the course — roughly 400 yards away.

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Routh allegedly dropped the rifle when an agent opened fire and jumped into a Nissan sport utility vehicle — leaving behind his firearm, two backpacks and a GoPro camera, according to a criminal complaint.

When asked if he knew why he had been stopped, the suspect “responded in the affirmative,” the complaint charges.

The license plate on his vehicle had been reported stolen from another car.

Phone records show Routh had allegedly been hiding in the bushes for roughly 12 hours before the apparent ambush attempt, the complaint said.

Routh, who appeared briefly in federal court in West Palm Beach on Monday, faces charges of possessing a firearm despite a prior felony conviction and possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number.

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