A Man is Killed By Secret Service At Mar O Lago
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| A man was killed at Mar-a-Lago, President Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Fla., on Sunday.Credit...Saul Martinez for The New York Times |
New York Times
The man was killed early Sunday after an “unauthorized entry” into the secure perimeter at President Trump’s resort in Florida, the agency said. The president was not at the club at the time.
An armed man was shot and killed by law enforcement, including agents from the United States Secret Service, after he entered the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago in Palm Beach, Fla., early Sunday morning, local and federal authorities announced.
The Secret Service and Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office did not identify the man but described him as being white and in his early 20s. He was confronted inside the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago complex, and was carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel canister, the Secret Service said in a statement.
President Trump hosted state governors at the White House on Saturday night and was not at Mar-a-Lago at the time of the shooting.
Ric L. Bradshaw, the sheriff of Palm Beach County, said during a news conference on Sunday that the man was told by law enforcement to “drop the items.” The man put down the canister but raised the shotgun to a “shooting position,” prompting the dispatched officers to open fire and kill him, Mr. Bradshaw said.
Mr. Bradshaw showed a photo of a shotgun and a canister to the reporters. Agents at the scene were wearing body cameras, he said.
At least two Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County officer were involved in the shooting, Mr. Bradshaw said. Investigators with the F.B.I., the Secret Service and the sheriff’s office were investigating, the Secret Service said.
At the news conference, Brett Skiles, the F.B.I. special agent in charge of the Miami office, asked people living near the scene of the shooting to check their security cameras for any suspicious activity overnight and to report any relevant footage.
This is a developing story
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