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Armed intruder shot dead after breaching Mar-a-Lago security perimeter

Armed Mar-a-Lago intruder shot dead
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A 21-year-old North Carolina man was shot and killed after allegedly forcing his way into the protected grounds of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach early Sunday morning.

The suspect has been identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin.

The U.S. Secret Service said the incident unfolded about 1:30am when the suspect made an “unauthorized entry” near the property’s north gate while carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. Law enforcement officers moved to intercept the man inside the estate’s inner security perimeter, where the confrontation quickly escalated. Authorities confirmed that Trump was not in Florida at the time and no Secret Service personnel or local deputies were injured.



Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw said a deputy and two Secret Service agents ordered the man to drop the items, but the situation turned critical moments later. “He put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” Bradshaw told reporters. “At that point in time, the deputy and the two Secret Service agents fired their weapons and neutralized the threat.”

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  1. “…neutralised the threat”…how impersonal & surgical!
    Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw- 1973 graduate of Lake Worth (Community) High School…had his corruption exposed by Deputy Sheriff John Mark Dugan.
    https://www.instagram.com/reel/DOUn8hxjV01/?hl=en
    https://www.amazon.com/stores/author/B07F5VSQ2S/about
    https://www.amazon.com/BadVolf-American-retaliation-politics-political-ebook/dp/B07DWCX3T8?th=1&psc=1
    But…there’s more…
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ORGsHxMDflQ
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YGL02pGoknU&list=PL_jb7LxOF7HWb2nSBs8JZDzMGmrnLD3or
    The Palm Beach County Sheriffs Department and especially, the Palm Beach Police and the FBI KNEW about what has been going on in Palm Beach and the surrounding area for YEARS!!!
    This is why most parents instructed their kids from all Palm Beach County Schools to “stay the hell OUT of Palm Beach proper!”
    Mar-A-Lago was owned by Marjorie Merriweather Post in the old days, before Trump pushed his way into purchasing the property.
    Marjorie was the old-school matriarch of Palm Beach going back to the gilded age, and what little-known corruption that flourished at the time she was alive exploded after her death!
    Behind the walls of the mansion in Palm Beach, there are MANY, MANY PROBLEMS which goes back at least 40+ years!
    https://avenuemagazine.com/peter-pulitzer-palm-beach-lily-pulitzer-roxanne-pulitzer/
    https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8jeqj3d_8po

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