{"id":67017,"date":"2026-02-23T05:58:38","date_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:58:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/suspected-gunman-identified-after-being-shot-dead-at-mar-a-lago-us-politics-live\/"},"modified":"2026-02-23T05:58:38","modified_gmt":"2026-02-23T10:58:38","slug":"suspected-gunman-identified-after-being-shot-dead-at-mar-a-lago-us-politics-live","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/suspected-gunman-identified-after-being-shot-dead-at-mar-a-lago-us-politics-live\/","title":{"rendered":"Suspected gunman identified after being shot dead at Mar-a-Lago \u2013 US politics live"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement confirm man, who was armed with a shotgun and gas canister at Trump\u2019s Florida home, was 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin<\/p>\n<p>Investigators are continuing working to compile a psychological profile and establish a motive. Asked by journalists yesterday whether the suspect was previously known to law enforcement, Palm Beach county sheriff Ric Bradshaw said \u201cnot right now\u201d.<\/p>\n<p>The Moore County Sheriff\u2019s Department in North Carolina said a relative of Martin\u2019s reported him missing early on Sunday morning.<\/p>\n<p><em>The Moore County Sheriff\u2019s Office confirms that on February 22, 2026, at approximately 1:38 a.m., a relative of 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin approached a deputy at a local business and reported him missing. He was subsequently entered into a national missing person database.<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em>Following that report, federal authorities informed the Sheriff\u2019s Office that they are conducting an active investigation in Florida involving Martin. At their request, <strong>the missing person case information has been turned over to federal investigators<\/strong>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/live\/2026\/feb\/23\/donald-trump-mar-a-lago-tariffs-epstein-immigration-latest-news-updates\">Continue reading&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Law enforcement confirm man, who was armed with a shotgun and gas canister at Trump\u2019s Florida home, was 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin Investigators are continuing working to compile a psychological profile and establish a motive. Asked by journalists yesterday whether the suspect was previously known to law enforcement, Palm Beach county sheriff Ric Bradshaw said &#8230; <a title=\"Suspected gunman identified after being shot dead at Mar-a-Lago \u2013 US politics live\" class=\"read-more\" href=\"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/2026\/02\/23\/suspected-gunman-identified-after-being-shot-dead-at-mar-a-lago-us-politics-live\/\" aria-label=\"Read more about Suspected gunman identified after being shot dead at Mar-a-Lago \u2013 US politics live\">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-67017","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\/67017","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=67017"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/67017\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=67017"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=67017"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/news2shorts.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=67017"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}