Secret Service kills armed man who breached Mar-a-Lago security perimeter

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An armed man was killed by authorities after he illegally entered the premises of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property in Florida early Sunday morning, the Secret Service announced.

The incident unfolded around 1:30 a.m. when a man, identified by authorities as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin, was fatally shot by the presidential security detail and a deputy with the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office after driving into the security perimeter as another vehicle was leaving, a Secret Service spokesman said.

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