{"id":484150,"date":"2026-02-22T17:04:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:04:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484150\/"},"modified":"2026-02-22T17:04:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-22T17:04:09","slug":"live-updates-secret-service-shoot-armed-man-at-trumps-mar-a-lago","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/484150\/","title":{"rendered":"Live updates: Secret Service shoot armed man at Trump&#8217;s Mar-a-Lago"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/static.files.bbci.co.uk\/core\/website\/assets\/static\/news\/incident-types\/light-mode\/analysis.77b314ef10.svg\" alt=\"Analysis\" draggable=\"false\" class=\"ssrcss-to2z4d-ContributorImageComponent e2hr5uu0\"\/>Security at Mar-a-Lago remains tight in Trump&#8217;s absencepublished at 15:28 GMT<\/p>\n<p>15:28 GMT<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-5adjh7-Contributor etflsgg2\"><img decoding=\"async\" alt=\"\" loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/07\/a1462f87-b5c0-43b2-8a08-2f7c7a8f1bff.jpg.webp.webp\" width=\"64\" height=\"64\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Bernd Debusmann Jr<br \/>White House reporter<\/p>\n<p>      <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"aerial shot of Mar-a-Lago estate from 2022\" src=\"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/02\/ce7880bd-48e4-42d4-8b68-f8fa5553b82c.jpg.webp.webp\"  width=\"1021\" height=\"574\" class=\"ssrcss-egie1y-Image edrdn950\"\/>Image source, Getty Images<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Donald Trump stayed in Washington DC this week, far from his Mar-a-Lago estate. Even so, the shooting is both surprising and shocking.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">I&#8217;ve been to Mar-a-Lago several times, including twice in December and January this year.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Security at the property is extremely tight, with an outer cordon of local Palm Beach sheriffs and an inner one maintained by the Secret Service. Visitors are searched, and cars and bags are checked by dogs and metal detectors.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">While we&#8217;re still getting details of the incident, the tight security could help explain why the gunman appears to have been quickly stopped from getting further into the property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">Even when Trump and his personal security detail are away, security is maintained. Regulars at Mar-a-Lago include prominent Republican figures and wealthy business leaders.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">There are still many unanswered questions about the suspect and his possible motives.<\/p>\n<p class=\"ssrcss-1q0x1qg-Paragraph e1jhz7w10\">But the incident will almost certainly spark concern about political violence in the US, as have other incidents such as the two attempts on Trump&#8217;s life and the shooting of right-wing political activist Charlie Kirk.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Security at Mar-a-Lago remains tight in Trump&#8217;s absencepublished at 15:28 GMT 15:28 GMT Bernd Debusmann JrWhite House reporter&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":484151,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[18],"tags":[23,3,21,19,22,20,25,24],"class_list":{"0":"post-484150","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-united-states","8":"tag-america","9":"tag-news","10":"tag-united-states","11":"tag-united-states-of-america","12":"tag-unitedstates","13":"tag-unitedstatesofamerica","14":"tag-us","15":"tag-usa"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484150","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=484150"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/484150\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/484151"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=484150"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=484150"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=484150"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}