{"id":66994,"date":"2026-02-22T09:57:04","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:57:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/armed-man-shot-and-killed-after-unauthorized-entry-into-mar-a-lago-secret-service\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T09:57:04","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T14:57:04","slug":"armed-man-shot-and-killed-after-unauthorized-entry-into-mar-a-lago-secret-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/armed-man-shot-and-killed-after-unauthorized-entry-into-mar-a-lago-secret-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Armed man shot and killed after \u2018unauthorized entry\u2019 into Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A man in his early 20s was shot and killed early Sunday after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of President <a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/person\/donald-trump\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump<\/a>\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, the U.S. Secret Service announced.<\/p>\n<p>The Secret Service said the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the suspect made an &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/politics\/armed-man-shot-killed-after-unauthorized-entry-mar-a-lago-secret-service\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">unauthorized entry<\/a>&#8221; at the property.<\/p>\n<p>The individual was observed near the north gate carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.<\/p>\n<p>Agents and a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office (PBSO) confronted the man who was pronounced dead at the scene.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/secret-service-thwarts-potential-threat-near-trumps-white-house-grounds-rapid-response\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>SECRET SERVICE THWARTS POTENTIAL THREAT NEAR TRUMP&#8217;S WHITE HOUSE GROUNDS WITH RAPID RESPONSE<\/strong><\/a><\/p>\n<p>No Secret Service or PBSO personnel were injured, and no Secret Service protectees were present at the location during the time of the incident, officials said.<\/p>\n<p>The FBI, Secret Service and Palm Beach County Sheriff\u2019s Office are investigating, including the man\u2019s background, actions and potential motive, as well as the use of force.<\/p>\n<p><i>This is a breaking news story; check back for updates.<\/i><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A man in his early 20s was shot and killed early Sunday after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump\u2019s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, the U.S. Secret Service announced. The Secret Service said the incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the suspect made an &#8220;unauthorized entry&#8221; at the property. The individual &#8230; <a title=\"Armed man shot and killed after \u2018unauthorized entry\u2019 into Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/22\/armed-man-shot-and-killed-after-unauthorized-entry-into-mar-a-lago-secret-service\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Armed man shot and killed after \u2018unauthorized entry\u2019 into Mar-a-Lago: Secret Service\">Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-66994","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66994","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=66994"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/66994\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=66994"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=66994"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=66994"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}