Secret Service Kills Armed Intruder at Mar-a-Lago
February 22, 2026·2 days ago·via The Blaze
Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County deputy fatally shoot a 21-year-old North Carolina man, Austin Tucker Martin, after he breaches Mar-a-Lago's secure perimeter carrying a shotgun and gas can around 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Confronted by officers, he drops the gas can but raises the shotgun in a shooting position, prompting quick action to neutralize the threat-no injuries to protectees since President Trump was out of state.
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