Armed man fatally shot at Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort
· Toronto Sun
An armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of U.S. President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Fla., early Sunday morning.
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U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff’s deputy fatally shot the man after he drove into the secure perimeter as another vehicle was exiting around 1:30 a.m., said U.S. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi.
Guglielmi said the man, who was in his early 20s, was spotted by the north gate of Mar-a-Lago carrying a gas can and a shotgun.
“He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with them. At which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters.
Bradshaw said a deputy and two Secret Service agents then fired their weapons.
According to an Associated Press report citing an anonymous source, investigators have identified the man as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin.
Guglielmi said no law enforcement officers were injured and no one under its protection was present in Mar-a-Lago at the time.
The incident is being investigated by the FBI, the U.S. Secret Service and the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office.
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a post on X that the federal agency is “dedicating all necessary resources in the investigation.”
Past attempts on Trump’s life
Trump has been the target of two assassination attempts during the 2024 election campaign.
Ryan Routh , 59, was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month after he was convicted of attempting to assassinate the president at a Florida golf course in September 2024.
Secret Service agents saw Routh hiding in the bushes with a semi-automatic rifle a few hundred metres from where Trump was golfing at Trump International Golf Club in West Palm Beach.
Routh fled the scene, but was later arrested.
The incident happened two months after 20-year-old Matthew Crooks fired several shots during a Trump rally in Pennsylvania, one of them grazing the then-presidential candidate’s right ear.
A spectator was killed and two others were critically injured.