Austin Tucker Martin, 21, was shot and killed after breaching security at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. In the weeks leading up to the incident, he had reportedly grown increasingly obsessed with the Epstein files.
Early Sunday morning, Martin breached security at Mar-a-Lago, the Florida home and private club of Donald Trump, and was shot and killed by the United States Secret Service. Authorities said Martin was armed with a shotgun and a gas can, and police reported he had assumed a “shooting position” before being shot.
He was confronted by local police and Secret Service agents on the Palm Beach property.
“He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with him, at which time he put down the gas can [and] raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” Ric Bradshaw, sheriff of Palm Beach County, said.
“At that point in time, the deputy and the two Secret Service agents fired their weapons and neutralized the threat. He is deceased at the scene.”
None of the officers were injured.
