United States Secret Service agents have shot and killed a man who attempted to break into a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida, reports Reuters news agency.
The man, in his 20s, was armed, according to the Secret Service.
Another report by the BBC reads: A man has been shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the Secret Service says.
Officers say the suspect was a white male carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was spotted near the north gate of Mar-a-Lago.
Multiple sources have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Austin T Martin, BBC’s US partner CBS News reports.
Officials are investigating if he purchased the weapon while driving from his home state of North Carolina, where his family reported him missing on Saturday
The incident happened about 01:30 ET (06:30 GMT).
The US president was not in Florida during the incident, officials say
The tight security, even when Trump is away, could help explain why the gunman appears to have been quickly stopped from getting further into the property, writes our White House reporter
● Suspect named as Austin Martin, CBS reports
The man fatally shot at Mar-a-Lago was 21-year-old Austin T. Martin of Cameron, North Carolina, multiple sources have told the BBC’s US partner CBS News.
Authorities say he was carrying a shotgun and a gas can when he entered Mar a Lago, gaining entrance as a guest was exiting.
Martin’s family had reported him missing just yesterday, CBS reports.
Officials are looking into whether he bought the gun along the driving route he took from North Carolina to Florida, according to CBS.
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