The 21-year-old North Carolina man who entered a gate at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort with a shotgun before he was shot and killed worked as a golf course groundskeeper and sold illustrations of golf courses.

People walk near a U.S. Secret Service sign, at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort, after Secret Service and local police shot and killed a man armed with a shotgun after he breached a secure perimeter of the resort in Palm Beach, Florida, U.S. February 22, 2026. REUTERS/Marco Bello

Investigators are trying to figure out a motive for why a 21-year-old man, allegedly armed with a gas can and a shotgun, breached the perimeter of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort before being fatally shot by two U.S. Secret Service agents and a deputy sheriff.

U.S. Secret Service said an armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Fla. Trump often spends weekends at his resort but he was at the White House during this incident.

Donald Trump has faced threats to his life before. U.S. President was wounded during an assassination attempt during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, on July 13, 2024.

Though president Donald Trump often spends weekends at the Florida resort, he and the first lady were at the White House on Sunday when the

A 21-year-old man from Carthage, North Carolina, was shot and killed Sunday by U.S. Secret Service agents at President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

The U.S. Secret Service announced Sunday that an armed man was shot and killed after entering the secure perimeter of Mar-a-Lago, President Donald Trump’s resort in Palm Beach, Florida.

Although Trump often spends weekends at his resort, he was at the White House during this incident.

While Iran vowed “devastating blows” after airstrikes reportedly killed Supreme Leader Ali Khamenei, US President Donald Trump was working a different.