Overview
- The FBI is leading the federal inquiry, processing evidence at the scene and coordinating with local authorities.
- Investigators identified the deceased as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina, who had been reported missing by his family.
- Authorities say he drove through the north gate as another vehicle exited and was carrying a shotgun and a fuel can when confronted.
- After being ordered to drop the items, he set down the can and raised the shotgun, prompting fire from two Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County deputy, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
- Trump was in Washington and no protectees were present; agents are on routine administrative leave as officials compile a profile and report finding a shotgun box in the suspect’s vehicle.