Overview
- The shooting occurred around 1:30 a.m. at the Palm Beach estate, with President Trump and the first lady in Washington and no Secret Service protectees on site.
- Officials say the man entered through the north gate into the inner perimeter carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.
- After dropping the gas can and raising the shotgun, he was shot by two Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy and pronounced dead at the scene; no officers were injured.
- Authorities have not released his name; they say he was a man in his early 20s from North Carolina reported missing days earlier, and a box for the shotgun was recovered in his vehicle.
- The FBI, Secret Service and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office are investigating, the involved agents are on routine administrative leave, and residents near Mar-a-Lago were asked to review security camera footage.