KAAAWA, Hawaii — The first images showing the inside of attempted Donald Trump assassination suspect Ryan Routh’s cluttered Hawaii bungalow have been revealed after FBI agents raided it in force on Tuesday morning.
The photos, obtained by The Post, show a well-lived-in, messy home covered in island-themed wall art.
The modest, bright blue abode in the small town of Kaaawa on the island of Oahu that he shares with his girlfriend is valued at an estimated $890,000.
Boxes of power tools and kitchen utensils are seen stacked in the living room, while a patio outside was piled high with mismatched furniture, boxes, rolled-up rugs, a ping-pong table set up on a dining room table, and various household refuse.
Federal agents burst through the door of Routh’s bungalow around 6 a.m. and searched the place until about 1 p.m., leaving with boxes and bags of evidence.
They also searched through the alleged would-be assassin’s white pickup truck, which bears a Biden-Harris sticker. It was littered with construction equipment, dirt and parking tickets.
Neighbors said Routh’s girlfriend, Kathleen, didn’t appear to know that her partner was planning anything sinister.
“I saw her on Friday. It didn’t seem like she was bothered with anything,” 58-year-old Roy Correa, who considered Routh a fishing buddy, told The Post.
“I don’t even know if she knew what was going on,” he added.
Here’s what we know about the assassination attempt on Trump in Florida:
- Former President Donald Trump survived an assassination attempt at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach on Sept. 15, 2024.
- Trump sent out a statement to supporters soon after to report that he was “SAFE AND WELL.”
- The suspect — identified as Ryan Routh, 58, of Hawaii — was able to get within 300 to 500 yards of Trump at a chain link fence on the edge of the course, where he had an AK-47 and a GoPro camera set up, apparently to record the planned shooting.
- Routh has a history of supporting progressive causes online and has made 19 donations to Democratic candidates since 2019.
- A Secret Service agent spotted and opened fire on Routh as he put his gun through the fence. The suspect fled and was arrested on I-95 a short time later.
- According to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, Trump’s security detail was lighter because he isn’t a sitting president — despite the previous attempt on his life in July.
Like many who knew Routh, Correa said he was “shocked” to see his name in the headlines.
“Ryan was quiet, but if you needed his help, he was right there for you,” he said, explaining that the alleged gunman never talked about politics, or about guns.
“I can’t believe this happened. I never even knew if he was a Republican or Democrat,” he said. “To me, he was straight up. If you needed help, he helped you.”
The neighbor said that if he saw Routh today, he would ask him: “Ryan, what the f–k were you thinking?”
Kathleen, who works at a nearby hardware store, was nowhere in sight on Tuesday.
Routh remains in custody nearly 5,000 miles away in Florida, where he was arrested Sunday after allegedly being caught hiding with an assault rifle in the bushes of Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach as the former president played a round.
Secret Service agents spotted a rifle barrel and opened fire before the gunman could fire off any shots. Routh was apprehended after fleeing by car.
The former president was unharmed in the incident — but came within 300 yards of Routh.
Routh was raised in Greensboro, North Carolina, where he worked as a handyman and roofer for years.
Around 2018, he relocated to Hawaii, and started a business building miniature homes intended to be affordable housing options for low-income islanders.
His motivations in the apparent assassination attempt remain unclear, but Routh has a long history of bizarre behavior and virulent opinions about Trump.
Despite voting for him in 2016, Routh, in rambling social media posts, expressed his disappointment in Trump’s presidency and would later go on to suggest in a meandering e-book that Iran should assassinate him.
He has had numerous run-ins with the law over the years, including a three-hour armed standoff with North Carolina police in 2002. He was convicted of carrying a “weapon of mass destruction” after that incident.
He also became a zealot for the war in Ukraine, and attempted — with zero success — a seemingly delusional operation to recruit foreign soldiers to join the fighting.
