The trial was meticulously handled, and I would like to thank the Judge and Jury for their time, professionalism, and patience. And he noted that he could have also shot the Secret Service agent who confronted him if he had intended to harm anyone. "If the evidence in this case has shown one thing and one thing only it's that Ryan Wesley Routh wanted Donald Trump dead." Recounting what happened at the golf course, a Secret Service agent testified earlier in the trial that he spotted Routh before Trump came into view. The gunman was then fatally shot by a Secret Service counter sniper.