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An armed man has been shot dead after entering the secure perimeter of US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the Secret Service has said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man was carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was stopped and shot by Secret Service agents and a Sheriff’s deputy, authorities said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The incident happened around 01:30 ET (06:30 GMT) on Sunday morning, when the president was in Washington DC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect has been named as Austin T Martin of Cameron, North Carolina, according to the BBC’s US partner CBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
His family in North Carolina had reported him missing in the early hours of Sunday morning, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office said in a statement to the BBC.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The missing persons information has since been turned over to federal authorities, the sheriff’s office said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
They added that the department had no prior history involving Martin and it was not involved in the Florida investigation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Officials are looking into whether he bought the gun along the driving route he took from North Carolina to Florida, according to CBS.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Secret Service agents fired at him after they saw him “unlawfully entering the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago early this morning”, agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi posted on X.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The suspect “was observed by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can”, the agency said in a statement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The man was then shot after refusing orders, Palm Beach County sheriff Ric Bradshaw said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“The only words that we said to him was ‘drop the items’ which means the gas can and the shotgun,” Bradshaw told a news conference.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
“At which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
At that point, agents fired their weapons to “neutralise the threat”, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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