US Secret Service Says Armed Man Shot, Killed at Mar-a-Lago (1)

Feb. 22, 2026, 2:47 PM UTC

The US Secret Service said an armed man was shot and killed after entering a secured area at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida even as the president spent the weekend in Washington.

The Secret Service said in a statement posted on X that a man in his early 20s was seen entering the property “carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.”

Palm Beach Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said at a news conference Sunday that the man was confronted by Secret Service agents and a sheriff’s deputy and was ordered to drop both items.

“He ...

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