WASHINGTON – U.S. Secret Service agents and local law enforcement officers shot and killed an armed man who unlawfully entered the secure perimeter of former President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida early on Sunday, authorities said.
The Secret Service said in a statement that a man in his early 20s breached the restricted area around the Palm Beach estate at approximately 1:30 a.m.
Agents, along with a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office, confronted the individual and discharged their weapons, the statement said. The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
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The president and first lady were at the White House in Washington, D.C., at the time of the incident, officials said.
The Secret Service said the investigation is ongoing. Further details about the individual and the circumstances surrounding the breach were not immediately available.
