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Sunday, February 22, 2026
US Secret Service agents kill armed man trying to enter Trump’s Mar-a-Lago
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The US Secret Service says its agents shot and killed an armed man who breached the security perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
Trump was in Washington at the time of the incident, which officials say happened around 1:30 a.m. (0630 GMT).
Secret Service agents fired at a man after they saw him “unlawfully entering the secure perimeter at Mar-a-Lago early this morning,” agency spokesman Anthony Guglielmi says in a post on X.
The suspect, a man in his early 20s, “was observed by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can,” the agency says in a statement.
Agents confronted the man and fired shots. No US officers were injured, the agency says that no “Secret Service protectees” were present in Mar-a-Lago at the time.
The individual was pronounced deceased.
“The only words that we said to him was ‘drop the items’ which means the gas can and the shotgun,” Palm Beach County sheriff Ric Bradshaw tells reporters.
“At which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” Bradshaw says. A deputy and two Secret Service agents then shot him.
Trump, who often spends his weekends in Mar-a-Lago, has been the target of several assassination plots or attempts.
The Times of Israel Community.