An armed man has been shot and killed after entering the grounds of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s Florida resort, late on Saturday night.
Trump and the First Lady, Melania, were at the White House this weekend.
According to the US Secret Service, who shot him, a white man was “observed by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can”.
Palm Beach County Sheriff Rick Bradshaw told a press conference the man was confronted by two Secret Service agents and a sheriff’s deputy upon entering the complex.
“He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with them. At which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” Bradshaw said.
The two agents and the deputy “fired their weapons to neutralise the threat”, Bradshaw said.
The FBI asked residents who live near Mar-a-Lago to check any security cameras they may have for footage that could help investigators.
The suspect, who has not been named, was in his early 20s and from North Carolina, and had been reported missing a few days ago by his family.
Investigators believe he left North Carolina and headed south, picking up a shotgun along the way, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said, adding that the box for the gun was recovered in his vehicle.
Guglielmi said the man drove through the north gate of Mar-a-Lago as another vehicle was exiting.
Asked whether the individual was known to law enforcement, Mr Bradshaw said “not right now”.
Donald Trump watches a violin performance by Rusanda Panfili during a Governors Dinner at the White House on Saturday night (Photo: REUTERS/Aaron Schwartz)The incident comes as the US has been rocked multiple times in recent years by political violence.
Just last year, it included the assassination of Democratic leader in the Minnesota state house Melissa Hortman and her husband, Mark Hortman, the assassination of the right-wing activist Charlie Kirk, the shooting of another politician and his wife, and an arson attack at the official residence of Pennsylvania governor Josh Shapiro.
The incursion on Saturday at the President’s Florida home is a few miles from his West Palm Beach golf club, where a man tried to assassinate Trump while he played golf during the 2024 election.
A Secret Service agent spotted that man, Ryan Routh, aiming a rifle through the shrubbery before Trump came into view.
Officials said Routh aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire and caused Routh to drop his weapon.
Routh was found guilty last year and sentenced this month to life in prison.
That incident came months after Trump survived an assassination attempt at a Pennsylvania campaign rally.
That gunman had fired eight shots, with one bullet grazing Trump’s ear, before being shot by a Secret Service counter sniper.
With additional reporting by agencies
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