Some tried to connect him to asset management giant BlackRock as they did with slain-Trump shooter Thomas Matthew Crooks, who inadvertently appeared in the background of a BlackRock commercial.

A video shared online does not show Trump assassination suspect Ryan Routh in a BlackRock commercial. This article was produced by the Reuters Fact Check team. Read more about our fact-checking work.

Did 2nd Would-Be Trump Assassin Appear In Commercial for BlackRock? Unfounded rumors swirled about the suspect in the September 2024 attempt to assassinate the former president.

The post correctly notes that Thomas Matthew Crooks appeared in a BlackRock commercial years before the July 2024 Trump rally in Pennsylvania, where authorities say he opened fire, killing one ...

The same man is identified as Routh in a BBC news report 3. A similar claim is made in an X post 4, captioned: "Ryan Wesley Routh was in a BlackRock commercial, just like Thomas Matthew Crooks. At ...

Did R. appear in a BlackRock video? Claim: R. appeared in a BlackRock commercial, just like Matthew Crooks, the man who allegedly attempted to assassinate Trump in July.

Viral videos show Routh, the suspect in a second apparent assassination attempt on Trump, at a rally in Ukraine. He wasn't in a BlackRock ad like Thomas Crooks.

Ryan Routh wasn’t in an ad for BlackRock, like suspected Trump rally shooter Thomas Crooks, as viral posts claim. Videos show Routh at a 2022 rally in Ukraine.