00:00The incident unfolded in the early hours of Sunday morning.
00:04A male was shot and killed by U.S. Secret Service agents and a sheriff's deputy
00:09after breaching the security perimeter of President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate in Florida.
00:14He was armed with a shotgun and a gas canister.
00:17He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with him,
00:24at which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position.
00:31At that point in time, the deputy and the two Secret Service agents
00:34fired their weapons and neutralized the threat.
00:38He is deceased at the scene.
00:41Investigators believe the suspect was a 21-year-old male from North Carolina
00:45who had been reported missing by his family several days prior.
00:49After entering near the north gate of the property,
00:51the man was confronted by the agents around 1.30 a.m. local time.
00:56The individual was armed with a shotgun in a possession of a gasoline canister.
01:02Agents and the deputy discharged the firearms to stop the threat.
01:05At this time, no law enforcement personnel were injured during the incident.
01:10We want to be clear, the President of the United States was not in the state of Florida.
01:15And this remains an active investigation by the FBI.
01:19The FBI has yet to disclose the suspect's motive.
01:22The FBI has yet to disclose the suspect's motive.
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