美国特勤局周日表示，一名20多岁的男子试图非法闯入美国总统唐纳德·特朗普位于佛罗里达州西棕榈滩的海湖庄园安全区域，被特勤局特工开枪击毙。
特朗普目前身在华盛顿。
棕榈滩县警长里克·布拉德肖在简短的新闻发布会上表示，两名特勤局特工和一名警长副手与该男子对峙。
“我们命令他放下随身携带的两件装备。他放下汽油罐后，举枪摆出射击姿势，”布拉德肖说。两名特工和副警长“开枪解除了威胁”。
联邦调查局呼吁海湖庄园附近的居民查看家中的监控录像，寻找可能有助于调查的线索。
美联社援引接近调查的消息人士的话称，嫌疑人是来自北卡罗来纳州的21岁男子奥斯汀·塔克·马丁。
美国特勤局在一份初步声明中表示：“美国特勤局特工和棕榈滩县警长办公室的一名副警长与该男子对峙，执法人员在冲突中开枪。没有美国特勤局或棕榈滩县警长办公室人员受伤。”
嫌疑人的家人几天前报告他失踪。特勤局发言人安东尼·古列尔米表示，调查人员认为他离开了北卡罗来纳州，一路向南，途中获得了一把霰弹枪。
古列尔米说，枪支的包装盒在他的车里被找到。
古列尔米说，这名男子驾车驶入海湖庄园北门，当时另一辆车正从北门驶出，特勤局特工上前盘问。特工与这名持枪男子对峙，他被击毙。调查人员正在努力建立嫌疑人的心理特征，作案动机仍在调查中。
特朗普此前曾多次面临生命威胁。2024年7月13日，他在宾夕法尼亚州巴特勒市的一次竞选集会上遭遇暗杀受伤。
2024年9月15日，一名持步枪的男子在特朗普位于西棕榈滩的高尔夫球场附近埋伏，当时总统正在那里打球，随后被捕。本月初，该男子被判处终身监禁。
近年来，美国多次遭受政治暴力冲击，此次事件正值此时发生。仅去年一年，就发生了保守派领袖查理·柯克遇刺身亡、明尼苏达州众议院民主党领袖及其丈夫遇刺身亡、另一名议员及其妻子遭枪击，以及宾夕法尼亚州州长乔什·夏皮罗官邸遭纵火袭击等事件。
周六发生在特朗普佛罗里达州住所的入侵事件，距离他在西棕榈滩的高尔夫俱乐部仅几英里之遥。2024年大选期间，一名男子曾在特朗普打高尔夫球时试图在该俱乐部刺杀他。一名特勤局特工发现，在特朗普出现之前，这名男子瑞安·鲁斯正透过灌木丛举着步枪瞄准。官员称，鲁斯随后将步枪对准了这名特工，特工开枪射击，鲁斯随即丢掉了武器。
鲁斯去年被判有罪，并于本月被判处终身监禁。
那起事件发生在特朗普在宾夕法尼亚州竞选集会上遭遇暗杀未遂数月之后。当时，枪手开了八枪，其中一颗子弹擦过特朗普的耳朵，之后被一名特勤局反狙击手击毙。
白宫尚未对此事作出回应。
The U.S. Secret Service said on Sunday its agents shot and killed a man in his 20s after he tried to unlawfully enter a secure perimeter at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Trump is currently in Washington.Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, speaking at a brief press conference, said the man was confronted by two Secret Service agents and a sheriff’s deputy.
“He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with them. At which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position,” Bradshaw said. The two agents and the deputy “fired their weapons to neutralize the threat.”
The FBI asked residents who live near Mar-a-Lago to check any security cameras they may have for footage that could help investigators.
The Associated Press, citing sources close to the investigation, identified the suspect as Austin Tucker Martin, 21, of North Carolina.
“U.S. Secret Service agents and a PBSO deputy confronted the individual and shots were fired by law enforcement during the encounter,” the Secret Service said in an initial statement. “No U.S. Secret Service or PBSO personnel were injured.”
The suspect was reported missing a few days ago by his family. Investigators believe he left North Carolina and headed south, picking up a shotgun along the way, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
The box for the gun was recovered in his vehicle, Guglielmi said.
The man drove through the north gate of Mar-a-Lago as another vehicle was exiting and was confronted by Secret Service agents, Guglielmi said. The agents confronted the armed man and he was fatally shot. Investigators are working to compile a psychological profile and a motive is still under investigation. Trump has faced threats to his life before. He was wounded during an assassination attempt at a campaign rally in Butler, Pa., on July 13, 2024.
Then on Sept. 15, 2024, a man with a rifle was captured after waiting near Trump’s golf course in West Palm Beach while the president played a round. He was sentenced to life in prison earlier this month.
The incident comes as the U.S. has been rocked multiple times in recent years by political violence. Just last year, that included the assassination of conservative leader Charlie Kirk, the assassination of the Democratic leader in the Minnesota state House and her husband and the shooting of another lawmaker and his wife, and an arson attack at the official residence of Pennsylvania Gov. Josh Shapiro.
The incursion Saturday at Trump’s Florida home is a few miles from his West Palm Beach golf club, where a man tried to assassinate Trump while he played golf during the 2024 election. A Secret Service agent spotted that man, Ryan Routh, aiming a rifle through the shrubbery before Trump came into view. Officials said Routh aimed his rifle at the agent, who opened fire and caused Routh to drop his weapon.
Routh was found guilty last year and sentenced this month to life in prison.
That incident came months after Trump survived the assassination attempt at the Pennsylvania campaign rally. That gunman had fired eight shots, with one bullet grazing Trump’s ear, before being shot by a Secret Service counter sniper.
The White House did not immediately respond to a message seeking comment.