Suspect Ryan Routh was not in a BlackRock commercial

Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump was the target of an apparent assassination attempt at his golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida, on Sunday, Sept. 15. This is the second time in two months that the former president’s life has been threatened.

A Secret Service agent opened fire after seeing a person with a gun near the club where Trump was golfing. The suspect, who was identified as 58-year-old Ryan Wesley Routh, is facing federal gun charges.

After the apparent assassination attempt on Sunday, some people claimed in viral social media posts that Routh appeared in a commercial for a global investment firm called BlackRock.

The posts include video clips and mention that Thomas Matthew Crooks, the 20-year-old gunman who is accused of opening fire at Trump’s July 2024 rally, also appeared in a 2022 BlackRock ad, suggesting Routh and Crooks are somehow connected through the investment firm.

“The latest Trump would be assassin - Ryan Routh ALSO appeared in a Blackrock Commerical [sic] just like Thomas Crooks. That means BOTH featured in Global Wealth management firm’s Commercial. THESE ARENT COINCIDIENCES [sic],” one of the viral posts says.

THE QUESTION
Was Ryan Routh in a BlackRock advertisement?

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