The 21-year-old man shot and killed by Secret Service agents after allegedly attempting to break into US President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago home in the early hours of Sunday came from a family of “avid Trump supporters,” according to a relative, The Independent reports.
The FBI confirmed the suspect was Austin Tucker Martin, who entered the premises at the resort’s north gate armed with a shotgun and a gas canister around 1:30 a.m. Sunday.
Trump and the first lady, Melania Trump, were not at the Florida residence at the time.
The couple was in Washington, D.C., on Saturday night for a dinner with state governors, but the president often spends the weekend at the residence, where he golfs on Sundays.
Martin, of Moore County, North Carolina, was reported missing from his home Saturday by his family, Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said.
Martin’s cousin, Braeden Fields, told the Associated Press of his disbelief over the incident and described the family as “avid Trump supporters.”
“We are big Trump supporters, all of us. Everybody,” Fields, 19, said, but added his cousin was “real quiet, never really talked about anything.”
He said Martin worked at a local golf course and would send money from each paycheck to charity.

















