In recently unsealed court documents, prosecutors revealed that the serial number on a rifle found in the vicinity where Ryan Wesley Routh was seen at Trump's golf club was described as 'unreadable to the naked eye.'
Routh is currently facing charges related to possessing a firearm with an obliterated serial number. This means that when law enforcement recovered the weapon on Sunday, they encountered difficulty in deciphering its serial number.
The serial number on a firearm is crucial for law enforcement as it helps in tracing the weapon to determine its ownership and purchase history. However, in this case, federal agents faced challenges in running a search on Routh's weapon due to the damaged serial number, as reported by law enforcement sources.
