Law enforcement kills armed man seeking to breach security at Mar-A-Lago
U.S. Secret Service and local police shot and killed a man armed with a shotgun early on Sunday after he breached a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump, who is currently in Washington, was not at the social club at the time.
The incident occurred at a time when the United States is facing a spike in political violence.
In 2024, a gunman's bullet grazed Trump's ear during a campaign rally in Pennsylvania, and a man later convicted of attempted assassination was spotted hiding in the bushes of a Florida golf course with a semi-automatic rifle while Trump was on the course.
The man in Sunday's incident, who appeared to be in his early 20s, was carrying a shotgun and a fuel can, the U.S. Secret Service said, adding that he was observed at the resort's north gate around 1:30 a.m. local time.
Two U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County Sheriff's deputy confronted the man and ordered him to drop the two items.
The man put down the gas canister and raised the shotgun "to a shooting position," prompting law enforcement to open fire.
The man was declared dead at the scene. No law enforcement officers were injured.
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