US EditionU.S. Secret Service agents killed man trying to unlawfully enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
- Early Sunday morning at Mar-a-Lago, an armed man was shot and killed inside the perimeter; he was identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin from North Carolina.
- Armed and carrying a petrol canister, the suspect was observed by the north gate of Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and fuel can; two Secret Service agents and a local police patrol ordered him to drop the items.
- After he set the can down and raised the rifle, two Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy fired to neutralise the threat.
- The FBI asked residents for camera footage and said it will dedicate resources, with Karoline Leavitt, White House press secretary, noting `Federal law enforcement are working 24/7 to keep our country safe and protect all Americans`.
- Family members reported Martin missing Saturday and described him as quiet and afraid of guns, while investigators have not identified a motive and are compiling a psychological profile amid rising political violence.
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