FORT PIERCE, Fla. (AP) — A jury took two hours Tuesday to convict a man of federal charges for attempting to assassinate Donald Trump as he played golf one year ago in Florida.

Chaos ensued in the courtroom shortly after the verdict when Ryan Routh tried to stab himself in the neck with a pen. He was found guilty of all counts by a jury of five men and seven women. Officers quickly swarmed him and dragged him out of the courtroom.

The pen Routh used to try to stab himself was a flexible pen designed to prevent people in custody from using it as a weapon, so he did not puncture his skin or otherwise hurt himself, according to a person familiar with the matter. The person could not publicly disclose specific details of the incident and spoke on the condition of anonymity.

As marshals were

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