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On Sunday February 22, 2026, an armed man breached the secure perimeter of President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
The suspect, identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin from North Carolina, was shot and killed by US Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy, at approximately 1:38 AM ET near the property’s north gate. Martin had been reported missing by his family days before the incident.
Martin was reportedly carrying a shotgun and a fuel canister when confronted by law enforcement. Officers reportedly ordered him to drop the items; he dropped the fuel can but raised the shotgun into a shooting position, at which point law enforcement fired and killed him.
The President and First Lady were at the White House in Washington, DC at the time of the incident; they were not at Mar-a-Lago.
Martin had reportedly fixated on Jeffrey Epstein stories, according to text messages obtained and reported by news outlets. Federal and local authorities, including the FBI, are actively investigating the motivation and other details of the incident. Motives remain under investigation.
President Trump addressed the incident publicly on Monday, referring to ongoing threats against him, saying, “I don’t know how long I’ll be around, got a lot of people gunning for me, don’t I, hon?”
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