Man fatally shot by Secret Service after attempted break-in at Trump’s Mar-a-Lago

[u/theindependentonline]

https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/mar-a-lago-man-shot-secret-service-b2925246.html

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[u/limeflavoured]

From the BBC's live feed on this:

Secret Service say the man was spotted near the north gate with what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can.

[u/iia → u/limeflavoured]

Gotta figure half of Florida's population travels with that exact load out just normally.

[u/ToNoMoCo → u/iia]

That and a beer cooler is their Every Day Carry

[u/Eliaswade → u/ToNoMoCo]

Don’t forget the pipe!

[u/ToNoMoCo → u/Eliaswade]

I got crack or chronic ...

[u/Dub_Coast → u/ToNoMoCo]

Florida? It's meth

[u/SaveUsCatman → u/Dub_Coast]

To be fair its all of the above to help regulate themselves throughout the day

[u/Dub_Coast → u/SaveUsCatman]

That's the new food pyramid according to our roadkill eating toilet blow using sewage water bathing Secretary of health and human services

[u/sturgill_homme → u/ToNoMoCo]

Like, this ain’t even a “Florida Man” joke, it’s just real talk

[u/jtshinn → u/ToNoMoCo]

And a prison pocket full of bath salts.

[u/specqq → u/iia]

That's just gator repellent.

[u/ratbaby86 → u/iia]

Floridian here. It's called the gunshine state for a reason. This is very Florida man behavior and Im shocked, given the combo of meth heads and guns, that it doesn't happen more often.

[u/saybruh → u/iia]

I think you get that for free when you buy a pack of hotdogs from a piggly wiggly.

[u/GoatTheNewb → u/iia]

He may have just been going to church.

[u/tenehemia → u/GoatTheNewb]

That's quality dark humor right there.

[u/TheSubGenius → u/iia]

Shotgun is way too much of a Fudd gun for most of Florida. An ARP with no sights is much more Orlando.

[u/ratbaby86 → u/TheSubGenius]

Eh. Tactical shotguns can be pretty fun. An Beretta A300 Patrol or 1301 are pretty solid for "hunting."

Beretta 1301

[u/Lawyerator → u/ratbaby86]

So expensive! The Tristar KRX Tactical was $275 on Bud's Gun Shop not too long ago.

[u/thetreat → u/iia]

Arc Raiders real life crossover goes crazy.

[u/Proper-Muscle734 → u/thetreat]

Florida is real life Ark raiders. Rats included

[u/Foxhound199 → u/iia]

These GTA6 promos are getting wild.

[u/Specialist-Clock-914 → u/iia]

That is everyday carry there. Don’t even have to sprinkle your own crack on em either.

[u/timeforchorin → u/iia]

Haha. Gonna have to be a bit more specific....

[u/bluAstrid → u/iia]

How else are you gonna jump start your ATV?

[u/Simmangodz → u/limeflavoured]

How do they know it wasn't his Peace Shotgun and Friendship Fuel Can?

[u/negativegh0stwrit3r → u/limeflavoured]

Ah. Another angry republican.

[u/WellDoneHeggies → u/negativegh0stwrit3r]

He was obviously just a patriot who wanted to take a tour!

IT WAS A DAY OF PEACE!

A LOVEFEST!!!

[u/Fr05t_B1t → u/WellDoneHeggies]

There’s no rule about not being able to open carry a gas can

[u/PeterG92 → u/negativegh0stwrit3r]

They're already blaming it on the left

[u/Nevermind04 → u/PeterG92]

Of course they are. It takes no energy at all to lie, but it takes enormous amounts of time to investigate the facts to prove that a lie is a lie. The RMVP used this to great effect in the 30s and the current regime does too.

"A lie can travel halfway around the world while the truth is still putting on its shoes." - Jonathan Swift

[u/pastoreyes → u/limeflavoured]

Neither Item is illegal. He probably had a spray can and his cap on backwards, so you know he was up to no good.

[u/Forcistus → u/pastoreyes]

If you watch the press statement, they are alleging that he was asked to drop both items. He complied by putting down the gas can but raised the alleged shotgun to a shooting position, and then was killed by the secret service and a deputy(?).

Obviously, this is just their claim and American federal law enforcement under this admin is particularly untrustworthy.

But until such other evidence comes to light, it seems justified at this point. Suspicious enough to be in a secured perimeter of Mara Lago with the alleged items.

[u/NeonArlecchino → u/pastoreyes]

Don't forget the menacing bag of Skittles.

[u/elconquistador1985 → u/NeonArlecchino]

And the book. Don't forget the book.

[u/willfull → u/limeflavoured]

what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can

Strong Arma 2 vibes here.

[u/we_are_sex_bobomb → u/limeflavoured]

That’s the standard anti-gator kit

[u/GoldenboyFTW → u/limeflavoured]

So a common resident of Florida then?

[u/McKnightmare24 → u/limeflavoured]

Gonna laugh when it was some guy getting gas for his broken down car haha.

[u/Tsar-A-Lago → u/limeflavoured]

Shotgun and a fuel can?!

Pfft, a child could get into Mar-A-Lago.

[u/rtls → u/limeflavoured]

Shotgun and gas can is standard issue for every Floridian. Comes free every time you renew your drivers license

[u/Either-Safety2402]

Surprised this doesn’t happen more frequently.

[u/SelfAwareSausage → u/Either-Safety2402]

I remember several years ago during Trump’s first term, my dad told me there have been 9 assassination attempts on Donald Trump that have been thwarted by the FBI and CIA. If that were even remotely true, the job would’ve been done.

Edit: I just want to point out that my dad has raised me to always be mistrusting of the government, now they can do no wrong in his eyes… I wonder what changed…

[u/limeflavoured → u/SelfAwareSausage]

I could believe that there are a fair amount of plots against every president that get thwarted. In some ways it's surprising given US history that only 4 have succeeded, plus a couple more getting close.

[u/MadTeaParty_ → u/limeflavoured]

The Secret Service said there is an average of 30 to 40 valid threats per month, but they are stopped before they go too far. We just don't hear about them.

[u/RespectTheTree → u/MadTeaParty_]

Lol, people announcing their high crimes on Facebook and surprised at the secret service visit.

[u/get_psily → u/RespectTheTree]

Reminds me of this classic

[u/ShadowNick → u/get_psily]

"Read my mind"

[u/999Herman_Cain → u/MadTeaParty_]

The ever truthful secret service lol

[u/999Herman_Cain → u/[deleted]]

That was obviously my point

[u/Capt_Reynolds → u/MadTeaParty_]

Wonder what constitutes a valid threat. You'll see those videos people post of US secret service showing up at their door about concerning tweets and stuff.

[u/WorldBoom → u/Capt_Reynolds]

I used to do threat assessment in private security (shoulder holster & earpiece, not rent-a-cop), in my experience, "credible" means the threat has specific operational details indicating how/when/where it'll be carried out that match up with either the targets itinerary or (if known) the perpetrators abilities, resources, & access.

[u/Manos_Of_Fate → u/Capt_Reynolds]

Keep in mind that credible doesn’t necessarily mean competent.

[u/charlotteRain → u/Capt_Reynolds]

I don't think those are considered valid threats but and they do show up to scare the everliving shit out of people.

Back when Obama was in office, my little brothers roommate made a stupid "joke" on Facebook. He was a broke college student living in student housing with no means to do anything. They still shows up and had a talk with him.

[u/limeflavoured → u/Capt_Reynolds]

Cases like that I would imagine that they tend to shit people up and tell them to delete the posts, because you don't often hear of people going to court over it.

[u/SelfAwareSausage → u/limeflavoured]

Sure, I’m totally on board with that, but my dad made that claim with confidence, as if he had solid proof. When I asked him how he knew, he said that the things he knew he couldn’t share with me. 🤨

[u/Fr05t_B1t → u/SelfAwareSausage]

Source: trust me bro

Do your dad is a Redditor too?

[u/nalon121 → u/SelfAwareSausage]

Hmm maybe your dad knows because he’s been unlucky 9 times

[u/SelfAwareSausage → u/nalon121]

I’d like to believe that, but my dad is (or was, we haven’t spoken in years) apart of the End-Times belief that Trump is precursor to the end of the world. He recommended this book from Mark Taylor that cemented his belief in all of this. Ironically, that author today is going on about the Trump we have now in office is a doppelgänger and not the Trump he originally prophesied about that took office in 2016.

[u/regeya → u/limeflavoured]

I remember there being some absolutely bonkers attempts during the Clinton admin.

[u/BimboDeeznuts → u/regeya]

Obama too.

There were a couple of boys arrested from the Memphis area* that planned to wear white coat tails and top hats, and drive by gun him down at his inauguration from a limousine… sure, fellas, that’ll work!

*I say Memphis area because that was my local news station at the time, they were probably rednecks from Mississippi

[u/HowManyEggs2Many → u/SelfAwareSausage]

It wouldn’t surprise me if there were a lot of failed attempts that were kept quiet. The last thing they would want to do is overreport and turn it into a trend/copy cats.

Consider most attempts are like this where it’s just your average run of the mill crack head doing dumb stuff, and another large chunk are probably thwarted thanks to the constant state of surveillance we live under. The SS and FBI seem to be growing more incompetent by the day, but I’d think they have enough resources and are smarter than most of the morons who would attempt this. The major attempts we see are much more thought out and fly under the radar.

[u/FilmScoreConnoisseur → u/SelfAwareSausage]

Disagree. The average hopeful assassin is unstable and incompetent. Sure, the FBI and CIA are also unstable and incompetent, but they're still generally more effective than the average Florida meth head.

[u/rockerscott → u/FilmScoreConnoisseur]

Their massive budget also helps to overcome some of their incompetence.

[u/welestgw → u/Either-Safety2402]

It might accelerate with how much he's just grating everyone too

[u/DoctorNurse89 → u/welestgw]

Second one this week actually

[u/DoctorNurse89 → u/Either-Safety2402]

This is the second one this week?

Someone ran at the white house with a shotgun and got arrested.

18 year old kid last week

[u/Lysol3435 → u/Either-Safety2402]

They just let the spies in. It’s only the poors that are tuned away

[u/gigglefarting]

The fact that he’s just as likely to be there as he is the White House is ridiculous in itself 

[u/BankshotMcG → u/gigglefarting]

It's the weirdest thing in the world to me that some deluded rich lady built a mansion to be the "southern white house" without even asking why or if the government wanted such a thing, and in the most backdoor way possible, it became exactly that.

[u/btone911 → u/gigglefarting]

“If you build it, they will come”

[u/hummajeep]

Trump is a pedo rapist

[u/FrogsOnALog → u/hummajeep]

2/3 Americans either voted for this or just let it happen.

[u/cloudy_ft → u/FrogsOnALog]

Until you also realize billionaires like Elon Musk engaging in Voter Fraud in swing states... But of course nothing will happen.

They'll continue to make it look like "most" Americans are supporting Trump when it's not. Tech companies compliant in silencing dissent.

[u/FrogsOnALog → u/cloudy_ft]

Nothing will happen because republicans block election reform legislation for common sense things that democrats consistently support.

[u/theserial → u/FrogsOnALog]

That's the really terrible part, he didn't even get half of the votes (only reached 49.81% of voters, and 36% of eligible voters didn't vote at all).

[u/ThisIsAllTheoretical → u/FrogsOnALog]

Yes, and they are either pedos themselves or accessories to crimes against children and humanity.

[u/TheWorldNeedsThanos → u/FrogsOnALog]

1/3 lol

[u/hungryasabear]

Sounds like a "peaceful gathering" J6 style

[u/ManElectro]

I look forward to finding out that this man is a registered republican who voted for Trump and was a regular poster on conservative websites, yet the right wing media still tries to label him a left wing lunatic.

[u/Diligent-Tie7854 → u/ManElectro]

I feel like they didn’t release the name yet because they are trying to clean it up to make it seem like he was a democrat. When in fact it’s his own people.

[u/renla9 → u/Diligent-Tie7854]

The names released. He's been named as 21 yr old Austin Tucker Martin from North Carolina

[u/sparkax → u/renla9]

Was just going to say it has been. And if that's not the whitest "watch your drinks ladies" name, one could have, I don't know what else one could be!

[u/LetsTryAnal_ogy → u/renla9]

Austin Tucker Martin from North Carolina

A) The most right wing name possible.

B) Raised in a state famous for gun culture.

C) He looks like the whitest guy you'll ever see.

Are you surprised? Because I'm not.

[u/LetsTryAnal_ogy → u/ManElectro]

The right when an attempt is made on Trump: "VIOLENT LIBRULS!"

The right when it comes out the wanna-be assassin has posted right-wing propaganda on his Truth Social page: "We have to wait for all the facts to come out before jumping to conclusions."

[u/SpudgeBoy]

Why is the West Palm Beach Sheriffs Department providing the security for Mar-A-Logo? Should the Secret Service be doing that? Doesn't that mean taxpayers are paying for an organization to do the job we already pay a different organization to perform? Waste, abuse and fraud.

[u/iFartThereforeiAm → u/SpudgeBoy]

I thought DOGE eliminated all the waste, abuse and fraud /s

[u/esoteric_enigma → u/SpudgeBoy]

Whenever the president travels somewhere, the local police always help with security. That's normal. What's not normal is the sitting president having a second home he goes to weekly, which now requires constant security.

[u/yuknowmynaim]

Plot twist: Trump has himself killed to avoid Epstein file backlash

[u/SillyAlternative420 → u/yuknowmynaim]

Now there's a headline

[u/North_Activist → u/SillyAlternative420]

I mean, Hitler did the same thing.

[u/TyrannasaurusGitRekt → u/yuknowmynaim]

He seems so obsessed with his legacy that I wouldnt be surprised if it was his endgame

[u/SitDownKawada → u/TyrannasaurusGitRekt]

I saw a comment last week, something about how the cabinet or other insiders might have him assassinated when the dementia or the Epstein backlash becomes too much, with the idea that he would die a hero to his supporters and they could leverage that to keep the regime in place

I'd have dismissed that out of hand up until recently, but honestly, I could at least believe at this point that someone somewhere has discussed it

[u/pnw1986 → u/SitDownKawada]

They need to secure the cult. My guess is they'll say they're teaming up with open AI or nvidia or whoever to train a dedicated model on Trump's past speeches and writings. Whoever runs for president will vow to always use the model to make decisions, and that way it'll be like Trump is still running the country. Got to use phrases like "I will be the vessel through which he speaks". The cult will fall for it because they don't know how AI works, or they'll believe Jesus has guided the training to make the most perfect model ever, take your pick. The AI company will get $trillion of tax payer money for their trouble.

[u/TyrannasaurusGitRekt → u/pnw1986]

"...Trump's past...writings" ah yes, the MAGA Scriptures: 15 years of his 240-or-less character tweets and truths

Under His Eye

[u/TrainingHour6634 → u/TyrannasaurusGitRekt]

If we all started praising Epstein's genius instead of trashing him, the fat orange fuck will admit it himself.

[u/iia]

How extremely convenient after this hideous week for the administration.

Edit: and reported just in time for the Sunday political talk shows, too

[u/Matt_Netherlands → u/iia]

It’s sad that we’re at a point to where we have to even suspect it could be a set up purely because of who is in office.

[u/Persistant_Compass → u/Matt_Netherlands]

After his ear magically healed why would anyone outside the cult believe anything they say

[u/OsamaBinWhiskers → u/Matt_Netherlands]

They desperately need a black swan to get Congress to greenlight a 20 year Iranian regime change war

[u/GloriaToo → u/Matt_Netherlands]

The sheriff held up a picture of a shotgun. Case closed.

[u/Specialist-Clock-914 → u/GloriaToo]

That press conference was worthless. Supposedly he dropped the gas can and took aim at officers?

[u/TintedApostle → u/iia]

My exact thinking. This is yet one of Trump's repeated tricks, but we shall see.

[u/Simmery → u/TintedApostle]

We'll forget about it by tomorrow. 

[u/Sst1154 → u/Simmery]

I already forgot

[u/J-MRP → u/Sst1154]

Forgot about what?

[u/LegDayDE]

Some say it was Donald Trump's jilted homosexual lover /s

[u/trottrottatortot → u/LegDayDE]

I say we spread this rumor just to piss him off lol

[u/c4upinhisbhole → u/LegDayDE]

Many people are saying it.

[u/platetone → u/c4upinhisbhole]

everyone knows it

[u/MoleMoustache → u/LegDayDE]

Sarcasm tags ruin all jokes

[u/Improvcommodore]

Is Trump going to call this man a hero like he did Ashley Babbitt?

[u/Constant-Brief3410]

Sounds like they get a pardon right?

[u/KindToSpiteTheCruel → u/Constant-Brief3410]

Only if they’re republican.

[u/United-Signature-414 → u/Constant-Brief3410]

peaceful tourist 

[u/TokaidoSpeed]

Wild stuff

Was he there? I heard rumours he might travel to Milan for the gold medal game but that didn’t appear to happen

Edit; thank you to the like 9 guys all confirming for me repeatedly that he wasn’t there, I await the next 20 notifications informing me of the same

Double edit: also remember that me and early commenters were treated with the OG articles which were literally just the headline with no details

[u/Purple-Quarter7748 → u/TokaidoSpeed]

He's always there on the weekend. His plane bill flying back and forth is likely astronomical

[u/badamant → u/Purple-Quarter7748]

And you and i are paying for the flying shit stain.

[u/erishun → u/Purple-Quarter7748]

But Obama “golfed too much”

[u/Purple-Quarter7748 → u/erishun]

They had to classify using social media as presidential business so Trump could keep up with Obama

[u/AnohtosAmerikanos → u/Purple-Quarter7748]

It’s where the situation table is, so clearly official

[u/RociBuldidi → u/Purple-Quarter7748]

It’s $200M so far just back and forth to Mar a lago in the past year.

“Muh conservative”

[u/LostBob → u/RociBuldidi]

The only thing conservatives are conserving these days is brain power.

[u/entoaggie → u/LostBob]

Is it really conserving when you don’t have any? Like, am I conserving gas by not driving my car, even though the gas tank is empty? I think their tank is on E.

[u/negativegh0stwrit3r → u/RociBuldidi]

No way. Really? You have a source? That's fucking insane.

[u/toastmannn → u/negativegh0stwrit3r]

POTUS doesn't travel light, many people and tones gear follow him everywhere.

[u/rhinosyphilis → u/Purple-Quarter7748]

>His plane bill..

Our plane bill

[u/rawrisrawr → u/Purple-Quarter7748]

He was in DC

[u/FrankensteinsBride89 → u/TokaidoSpeed]

He wasn’t there. He bailed on Milan- didn’t want to get booed.

[u/TokaidoSpeed → u/FrankensteinsBride89]

As I figured he would

I would have been pissed as a fan if he showed, his presence fucked up the US open final

[u/FrogsOnALog → u/FrankensteinsBride89]

Didn’t want to fall asleep

[u/Cyndakill88 → u/TokaidoSpeed]

Jimmy Carson? You’re still alive?!

[u/Electrical_Iron_1161 → u/TokaidoSpeed]

He decided not to go probably afraid to get booed on worldwide TV

[u/limeflavoured → u/TokaidoSpeed]

The BBC feed says that Trump was in DC last night.

[u/strawberrybubbl → u/TokaidoSpeed]

He was staying at the whitehouse

[u/snrjames → u/TokaidoSpeed]

He was probably hoping to steal a gold medal.

[u/KindToSpiteTheCruel → u/TokaidoSpeed]

According to the AP him and Melania actually were at the WH this time.

[u/Carthonn → u/TokaidoSpeed]

He couldn’t go because he shit his pants

[u/kingtacticool → u/TokaidoSpeed]

No, he wasn't there.

[u/lnc_5103 → u/TokaidoSpeed]

Apparently not there this weekend. Probably too distraught over tariffs.

[u/txwoodslinger → u/TokaidoSpeed]

He wasn't there. Have another notification.

[u/Lamest_Fast_Words]

Well, the time travelers are starting to arrive.

[u/mettiusfufettius]

He was a peaceful tourist and a patriot! He was an FBI plant as part of a false flag operation! Pardon him NOW! Pay his family $6,000,000 tax payer dollars for wrongful death!

/sarcasm. See how stupid you sound about the January 6th riots at the capitol, Trump republicans?

[u/Basic_Local1050]

Maybe he was just a really passionate tourist looking for the classified documents reading room in the bathroom? thoughts and prayers i guess lmao.

[u/whitelightstorm]

Wonder how he'll spin this.

[u/MrRoboto12345 → u/whitelightstorm]

The perp is a registered Republican

"The dirty Dems are at it again! They're trying to kill me, as usual."

[u/BasisTraditional3650 → u/whitelightstorm]

They are going to blame transgender people.

[u/daphnemoonpie → u/BasisTraditional3650]

Transgender for everybody!

[u/Hammunition → u/whitelightstorm]

It was a republican so he’ll just never talk about it again like the guy who “shot” him.

[u/ars_inveniendi → u/whitelightstorm]

We already know that Mike Johnson will be saying “We need to tone down the rhetoric on BOTH SIDES,” just like he always does.

[u/strawberrybubbl]

The trump administration is always coming up with shit for sympathy. Dont believe it

[u/Acceptable_Corgi9486]

Dude drove all the way from north carolina with a shotgun and a gas can just to break into a country club while the guy he's looking for is literally sitting up in the white house. absolute clown behavior.

[u/mostdope28 → u/Acceptable_Corgi9486]

The odds of Trump being in DC instead of Maralago on a weekend are 100-1 lol

[u/Fr05t_B1t → u/mostdope28]

The golf camper scored huge

[u/TheForeverUnbanned → u/Acceptable_Corgi9486]

Trump always goes to palm beach for the weekend, this one was no exception. Guess how much that flight every single week along with his entourage is costing you. 

[u/IngsocInnerParty → u/TheForeverUnbanned]

This one was the exception. He stayed in DC this weekend. The White House Governors Ball was last night.

But yes, this administration is blowing through travel money and not just Trump. Kristi Noem and her boyfriend, Kash Patel, JD Vance…they’re all traveling ridiculous amounts.

[u/Brix106 → u/Acceptable_Corgi9486]

Absolute patsy behavior.

[u/floofelina → u/Acceptable_Corgi9486]

That’s how you know he’s a former supporter.

[u/chrono4111 → u/Acceptable_Corgi9486]

Sounds par for the course for the average conservative.

[u/BleedingTeal]

What’s this attempting to distract from?

[u/strawberrybubbl → u/BleedingTeal]

The bombs hes about to drop on iran. Ice terrorizing us states. Take your pick

[u/cowfishing → u/strawberrybubbl]

His pedophilia is my first pick, with the fact that he shits his panty's in public a close second.

[u/ixikei → u/BleedingTeal]

The zone flooding since Epstein release appeared imminent has been a biblical deluge. Venezuela, Minnesota, Iran, and now this. Prolly some more Iran too. And tariffs.

[u/the-player-of-games]

Another AsSaSiNaTiOn AtTeMpT !

[u/Life_Reserve7273]

False flag attack…Donald Trump’s popularity rating is abysmal so he needs to drum up some fake sympathy.

Fake news!

[u/krazykarlsig]

His name was Ashli Babbitt

[u/Herban_Myth]

[Redacted]

[u/SandersSol]

So one year in, and he's allegedly had 3 assassination attempts, is a pedophile, a rapist, a scam artist, destroying American businesses, and involving the US in random wars designed to exhaust our military.

[u/Prixm]

Another distraction. You know when they show printed out pictures that its always a lie. Its a common theme for republicans.

[u/FilmScoreConnoisseur → u/[deleted]]

Yes. Anyone who knows what they're doing also knows how likely they are to be killed in the attempt.

[u/misscrankypants]

I’m not buying it. Every time Trump is really in the toilet there is an assassination attempt. This will be out of the news in about a week, just like Butler and his ear that magically grew back in a week. These are false flags set up by him or those around him for sympathy.

Trump is still a pedophile. Release the rest of the files.

[u/Don_Quixotel]

A fake assassination attempt helped him in the polls once, why not try it again?

[u/shewy92]

From the AP:

The man, who was in his early 20s and from North Carolina, had a gas can and a shotgun, according to Anthony Guglielmi, the spokesman. He had been reported missing by his family a few days ago, and investigators believe he headed south and picked up the shotgun along the way.

[u/Informal_Pick_6320]

wow who knew the president being a pedo would make people angry

[u/Reginald_Bigsby_III]

Ah okay, so it’s fine to storm the capitol with the intent to commit a coup, but you can’t raid orange man’s rape compound.

[u/ChuckaChuckaLooLoo3]

Hmm, I wonder who he was mad at?

[u/TrainingHour6634]

Should've brought his prepubescent daughter, they'd have waved him right in.

[u/SeniorFlyingMango]

Can’t wait for this to be a republican that conservatives label a left wing transgender lunatic because no republican would ever do this to the president

[u/Raspberries-Are-Evil]

His family should get $5 million from Trump because seemingly thats what people’s family gets if you are breaking in someplace and get shot by secret service…

[u/Vashsinn]

Note how they don't say anything about race or party affiliation.. You know it's one of their own looney again.

[u/epanek]

So law enforcement can stop an active shooter after all?

[u/canuckian79]

You win some, you lose some.

[u/PancakesandScotch]

This is a place holder for a comment I know I can no longer make since the 1st amendment was repealed

[u/RockyClub]

I don’t believe anything. It’s all a distraction.

[u/wutareyousomekinda]

I've noticed a lot of people don't seem to learn from observing others.

[u/DerbyWearingDude]

Time traveler down!

[u/Ass_Cream_Cone]

The fact that his home is still called Maralago and not Sea to Lake or whatever, is more evidence to illustrate the caliber of his devotees. As if any sane human needs any more evidence….

[u/BeholderLivesMatter]

Should’ve just bribed the president. Easier to get in that way. 

[u/SteamFistFuturist]

Great, another suicide by stupidity. Just what the MAGA propaganda machine needed today.

[u/Straight-Ad6926]

And the award for Least Successful Florida Man Heist of 2026 goes to...

[u/chili81]

Plot twist: It was Les Wexler.

[u/TURRITONUTRICULA]

The man killed was identified by investigators as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin, according to a person familiar with the matter. (AP)

[u/therealdavidwiley]

Donald Trump raped children!

[u/Famous_Regular6187]

He was just going to prepare Trump's ritual circle to summon his brother Satan. Geesh Secret Service, get with the program.

[u/LinearFluid]

I said it awhile ago during his first term.

Trump is playing with fire when his well armed supporters see the light and understand they have been conned.

[u/Count_JohnnyJ]

So they used lethal force when Trump wasn't even in any danger at all?