A man has been shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida, the Secret Service says.
Officers say the suspect was a white male carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was spotted near the north gate of Mar-a-Lago.
Multiple sources have identified the suspect as 21-year-old Austin T. Martin, BBC’s US partner CBS News reports.
Officials are investigating if Martin purchased the weapon while driving from his home state of North Carolina, where his family reported him missing on Saturday.
The incident happened about 01:30 ET (06:30 GMT) – here’s what we know so far
The US president was not in Florida during the incident, officials say.
The tight security, even when Trump is away, could help explain why the gunman appears to have been quickly stopped from getting further into the property, writes our White House reporter.
Source: BBC
