Secret Service shoots and kills person attempting to enter Mar-a-Lago with ‘shotgun and fuel can’

Secret Service, on Sunday, shot and killed a person attempting to enter Mar-a-Lago.  The man entered the secure perimeter at the US President's residence with “what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can,” reported NBC News, cititng a statement from the Secret Service.

The individual, whose identity is being withheld pending notification of next of kin, was pronounced deceased. The individual was observed by the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago property carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.

U.S. Secret Service agents and a PBSO deputy confronted the individual and shots were fired by law enforcement during the encounter. No U.S. Secret Service or PBSO personnel were injured. There were no Secret Service protectees present at the location at the time of the incident.

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