An armed man has been shot dead after entering the secure perimeter of US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida,
The Secret Service revealed that the man was carrying a shotgun and fuel can when he was stopped and shot by agents and a Sheriff’s deputy,
The incident happened on Sunday morning, when the president was in Washington DC.
The suspect who has been identified as Austin T Martin of Cameron, North Carolina, was earlier reported missing
The Sheriff’s county in North Carolina stated that the missing persons information had turned over to federal authorities, adding that the department had no prior history involving Martin and was not involved in the Florida investigation.
Officials are looking into whether he bought the gun along the driving route he took from North Carolina to Florida,
Edited by Favour Owonibi.