Armed man is shot and killed at Mar-a-Lago, Palm Beach Sheriff says

"In a post on X, Karoline Leavitt, the White House spokeswoman, praised the Secret Service's action: "In the middle of the night while most Americans were asleep, the United States Secret Service acted quickly and decisively to neutralize a crazy person, armed with a gun and a gas canister, who intruded President Trump's home." "Federal law enforcement are working 24/7 to keep our country safe and protect all Americans," she wrote. "It's shameful and reckless that Democrats have chosen to shut down their Department." Democrats are negotiating with the White House on a deal to reopen the Department of Homeland Security, which oversees the Secret Service, and has been without funding for more than a week, in exchange for changes to immigration enforcement operations."

"Earlier, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters the man described to be in his early 20s made it to the "inner perimeter" of Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and gas can before agents stopped him. "They confronted a white male that was carrying a gas can and a shotgun," Bradshaw said. "He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with him. At which time, he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position." Two Secret Service agents and a sheriff's deputy then fired on and killed the man, Bradshaw said. The man died at the scene."

U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County deputy shot and killed a man who entered Mar-a-Lago early Sunday morning while President Trump was in Washington. The intruder, described as in his early 20s, reached the inner perimeter carrying a shotgun and a gas can before agents confronted him. Officials ordered him to drop the items; he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position, and was then fired upon and killed. No Secret Service agents or protectees were injured. The FBI is leading the investigation and the man's identity has not been released. Funding and oversight issues at the Department of Homeland Security were noted by White House officials responding to the incident.

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