The false claims have led to protests, school closures, and calls for Vance's resignation, with critics accusing him of stirring racial animosity for political gain.
25-year-old Enrique Delgado-Garcia's family suspects foul play, alleging that the police trainee suffered injuries that looked "like he had been in an accident in a car going 100 miles per hour."
The deceased, identified as 55-year-old Ramachandra Poojary, didn't take the snake bite seriously as he assumed the snake was harmless but later collapsed and died.
Ryan Wesley Routh, a 58-year-old suspect, was arrested after an attempted assassination near Donald Trump's Florida golf club. The FBI is investigating, and security around Trump remains heightened following the second such incident in recent months.
More than 20 years before the alleged assassination attempt, Routh was involved in a three-hour standoff with police officers at a Greensboro business.
From September 2019 to March 2020, he contributed over $140 through the Democratic fundraising platform ActBlue, according to Federal Election Commission (FEC) records.
Ryan Wesley Routh, a longtime Democrat supporter, was arrested for allegedly pointing an AK-47 at former President Donald Trump during a golfing event in West Palm Beach. Trump, unharmed in the second assassination attempt this year, assured supporters of his safety following the incident.