Man Shot And Killed By Secret Service After Entering Secured Perimeter At Mar-a-lago

U.S. Secret Service agents shot and killed a man after he entered the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago, the agency said Sunday.

The man, who appeared to be armed with a shotgun, was confronted by Secret Service agents and a deputy from the Palm Beach Sheriff's Office early Sunday morning after being observed by the resort’s north gate, according to a statement from Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi.

Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said that law enforcement ordered the man to drop his shotgun and a gas canister, after which he “raised the shotgun to a shooting position” and was subsequently shot and killed.

No law enforcement officers were harmed during the incident and President Donald Trump was not at his Florida residence at the time of the shooting, according to the statement from Secret Service.

Guglielmi also said the incident was under investigation by the FBI, Secret Service and the Palm Beach County Sheriff's Office, adding that the agents involved in the shooting would be placed on administrative leave during the investigation. The Secret Service is withholding the man’s identity until his family is notified.

Trump faced several violent threats during the months before the 2024 presidential election, with an armed man shooting him in the ear during a July 2024 assassination attempt and another bringing a rifle to Trump’s Florida golf club in September of that year.

Secret Service agents also shot an armed man near the White House last April, and law enforcement arrested a man in September who allegedly aimed a laser at Marine One while Trump was on board.

"In the middle of the night while most Americans were asleep, the United States Secret Service acted quickly and decisively to neutralize a crazy person, armed with a gun and a gas canister, who intruded President Trump’s home," White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said in a Sunday morning social media post.