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   The crazed gunman who was shot dead after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with   
   a shotgun and a gas can has been identified as a North Carolina artist who   
   was reported missing by his mom.   
      
   Austin Tucker Martin, 21, of Cameron, North Carolina, was killed by law   
   enforcement in the early hours of Sunday morning, law enforcement sources   
   told The Post.   
      
   He was reported missing by his family to authorities on Saturday.   
      
   Officials are still investigating whether he bought the gun en route to   
   Florida.   
      
   Trump was not at Mar-a-Lago at the time, he was at the White House. On   
   Saturday night, he and first lady Melania hosted the Governors Dinner —   
   which Democratic governors appear to have boycotted.   
      
   A box for the shotgun was discovered in Martin’s vehicle following the   
   shooting, which took place at around 1:30 a.m., according to Secret   
   Service spokesman, Anthony Guglielmi.   
      
   According to his social media, his family was frantically looking for him   
   after he disappeared on Saturday night.   
      
   Tucker Martin’s social media shows that he was obsessed with drawing   
   scenes from the golf courses in the Sandhills region — which includes the   
   famed Pinehurst.   
      
   His Instagram includes a series of bleak watercolors and black and white   
   sketches, most appearing to show Quail Ridge Golf Course, roughly 15-20   
   miles north of his home in Cameron.   
      
   The posts are accompanied by sparse electronic music and have almost zero   
   social media intraction.   
      
   Investigators haven’t said whether Martin was previously known to law   
   enforcement.   
      
   Authorities have urged nearby residents in south Florida to check their   
   security cameras for any footage that may show him.   
      
   He was shot after he failed to drop the shotgun and gas can when he   
   entered the inner perimeter of President Trump’s Florida estate.   
      
   Martin reportedly drove into the gates of Mar-a-Lago as another vehicle   
   was leaving.The president is yet to respond officially to Sunday’s   
   incident, but White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt praised the   
   Secret Service’s quick thinking in a post on X.   
      
   “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,” she wrote.   
      
   She also used the post to slam the “reckless” actions of the Democrats who   
   triggered a partial government shutdown affecting the Homeland Security   
   department since Feb. 14.   
      
   “Federal law enforcement are working 24/7 to keep our country safe and   
   protect all Americans. It’s shameful and reckless that Democrats have   
   chosen to shut down their Department,” Leavitt said.   
      
   FBI Director Kash Patel said that the bureau would be “dedicating all   
   necessary resources” to the investigation, in a post on X.   
      
   It comes just five days after a Georgia man armed with a shotgun was   
   arrested outside the US Capitol as he sprinted towards the west side of   
   the building.   
      
   The incident at Mar-a-Lago took place just a few miles from Trump’s West   
   Palm Beach club, where Ryan Routh tried to assassinate the president while   
   he played golf during the 2024 election.   
      
   Routh was spotted by a Secret Service agent aiming a rifle through the   
   shrubbery before Trump came into view.   
      
   He was arrested after being incapacitated by officials and found guilty   
   last year.   
      
   Routh was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month.   
      
   Also in 2024, President Trump survived an assassination attempt during a   
   campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, when gunman Thomas Crooks fired   
   eight shots, grazing the president’s ear and killing an attendee before he   
   was taken out by Secret Service counter sniper.   
      
   https://nypost.com/2026/02/22/us-news/mar-a-lago-shotgun-wielding-madman-   
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