Overview
- Authorities say Martin, of Cameron, North Carolina, entered through the north gate as another vehicle exited and was carrying a shotgun and a gasoline canister.
- Two Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County deputy fired after he set down the canister and raised the shotgun into a firing position, and he died at the scene.
- No law-enforcement officers were injured, and investigators are collecting evidence and reviewing body-camera video from the encounter.
- President Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were in Washington at the time, and the White House had not issued a detailed statement on the incident.
- Officials report Martin had been reported missing days earlier, and they believe he obtained the shotgun en route, with the weapon’s packaging found in his vehicle.