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Mar-a-Lago shotgun-wielding madman ID’d as North Carolina golf course artist
nypost.com ^ | Feb. 22, 2026 | Joe Marino and Anthony Blair

Posted on 02/22/2026 9:12:39 AM PST by V_TWIN

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The crazed gunman who was shot dead after trying to enter Mar-a-Lago with a shotgun and a gas can has been identified as a North Carolina artist who was reported missing by his mom.

Austin Tucker Martin, 21, of Cameron, North Carolina, was killed by law enforcement in the early hours of Sunday morning, law enforcement sources told The Post.

He was reported missing by his family to authorities on Saturday.

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1 posted on 02/22/2026 9:12:39 AM PST by V_TWIN
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To: V_TWIN

“Tucker Martin’s social media shows that he was obsessed with drawing scenes from the golf courses in the Sandhills region”

the first sign of mental illness listed in all the books ...


2 posted on 02/22/2026 9:15:48 AM PST by catnipman ((A Vote For The Lesser Of Two Evils Still Counts As A Vote For Evil))
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To: V_TWIN

Is that its birth name or its trans name?


3 posted on 02/22/2026 9:16:51 AM PST by Texas Eagle (If it wasn't for double-standards, Liberals would have no standards at all. )
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To: V_TWIN

has been identified as a North Carolina artist who was reported missing by his mom.


label established..................


4 posted on 02/22/2026 9:17:54 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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To: Texas Eagle

I dunno but that looks like grand dad’s shotgun.

Not exactly tactical.


5 posted on 02/22/2026 9:20:00 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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A box for the shotgun was discovered in Martin’s vehicle following the shooting, which took place at around 1:30 a.m., according to Secret Service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.

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He was shot after he failed to drop the shotgun and gas can when he entered the inner perimeter of President Trump’s Florida estate.

Martin reportedly drove into Mar-a-Lago as another vehicle was leaving.


bits of info


6 posted on 02/22/2026 9:20:01 AM PST by PeterPrinciple (Thinking Caps are no longer being issued, but there must be a warehouse full of them somewhere)
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How did he get the money and car to drive to FL?

Borrow Mom’s?


7 posted on 02/22/2026 9:22:21 AM PST by Blueflag (To not carry is to choose to be defenseless.)
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To: PeterPrinciple

In a press conference earlier the Palm Beach county sheriff said he dropped the gas can but raised the shotgun into a shooting position.....that’s when the threat was neutralized.


8 posted on 02/22/2026 9:23:14 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: PeterPrinciple
A box for the shotgun

Maybe a gun case?...LOL!

9 posted on 02/22/2026 9:24:17 AM PST by Hot Tabasco (AOC for President, 2028. And don't forget to detoxify your liver.)
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To: V_TWIN

Interesting...

You can access the Post article without signing up, but if you want to read all the comments, you have to sign up.

Tells you what they consider more valuable.


10 posted on 02/22/2026 9:24:23 AM PST by aquila48 (Do not let them make you "care" ! Guilting you is how they control you. )
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To: Blueflag

First rule of any teaching needs to be: if you are stupid enough to take weapons onto Presidential property or any property and someone tells you to pus the weapons Dow, you Immediately drop them!


11 posted on 02/22/2026 9:25:29 AM PST by princess leah
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“He was reported missing by his family to authorities on Saturday.”


Unless mentally disabled, what kind of 21-year-old man is ‘reported missing’ by his family on a weekend?


12 posted on 02/22/2026 9:29:46 AM PST by hanamizu
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To: princess leah

This looks like suicide by secret service not mental illness but intentional.


13 posted on 02/22/2026 9:30:39 AM PST by cnsmom
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he failed to drop the shotgun and gas can

The gas can identified as a box of dynamite,

14 posted on 02/22/2026 9:33:22 AM PST by spokeshave ( Angry Dads. Grumpy Grandads, Curmudgeons & old Geezers)
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To: hanamizu

I agree. Looking at him it looks like there’s autism or mental illness. Else, it makes no sense that the guy is barely gone and the family’s freaking out.

And what the hell is a “golf course artist”?


15 posted on 02/22/2026 9:34:10 AM PST by j.havenfarm (25 years on Free Republic, 12/10/25! More than 12,750 replies and still not shutting up!)
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To: V_TWIN

No reason for deadly force unless they are trying to botch another investigation.


16 posted on 02/22/2026 9:37:51 AM PST by erlayman (E )
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“This looks like suicide by secret service not mental illness”

Kinda weird that he drove through 4 states to do it.


17 posted on 02/22/2026 9:38:16 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: erlayman

So what were they supposed to do just let him open up on them with a 12 gage shotgun?.......good grief. SMH


18 posted on 02/22/2026 9:40:38 AM PST by V_TWIN (America....so great even the people that hate it won't leave)
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To: erlayman
No reason for deadly force unless they are trying to botch another investigation.

Aiming a gun at a person is a text book case of justification for deadly force.

19 posted on 02/22/2026 9:41:02 AM PST by KevinB (I don’t really care, Margaret.)
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Looking at him it looks like there’s autism or mental illness.

Yes, there's the unmistakeable 'autism smile.'

20 posted on 02/22/2026 9:41:42 AM PST by Kleon
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