(AP)
The 21-year-old man who was gunned down after allegedly breaching the perimeter at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate was an aspiring artist who had become increasingly focused on the Jeffrey Epstein case, according to multiple reports.
Austin Tucker Martin of Cameron, North Carolina, was confronted by U.S. Secret Service agents and Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputies near the north gate of the Mar-a-Lago complex early Sunday. Authorities say he was carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel canister.
Officers ordered Martin to drop the items. He reportedly put down the canister but raised the shotgun into what law enforcement described as a “shooting position,” and he was shot and killed…