We have new details on the armed man who was shot dead by the Secret Service after entering an unauthorized zone at President Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate. The man was identified as Austin Tucker Martin, 21, who his parents reported missing several days earlier. His cousin shared that Austin Martin was very quiet and did not care much for politics, unlike his family, who are big Trump supporters. ABC News reported more on Martin’s background: The man who authorities said breached the perimeter of Mar-a-Lago wielding a shotgun and a gas canister early Sunday had never shown an appetite for deadly weapons nor shown much interest in politics — in fact, quite the opposite, according to his cousin. Austin Tucker Martin was “very quiet” and inexperienced with guns, his cousin Braeden Fields said. Martin did, however, like golf courses, and worked on one, his cousin said. “He doesn’t even know how to use a gun. He’s never used a gun,” Fields told ABC station WTVD hours after Martin had been shot and killed while authorities say he was trying to enter President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach, Florida. Trump was in Washington, D.C., at the time of the incident. “I’m a big hunter, and I’ve, I’ve had him around guns all the time, and he’s never used one. He won’t, he don’t like them. He don’t like it, it hurts his ears,” Fields said of his cousin. Though Martin has an older brother in the military, his interests were elsewhere, Fields said. “We took him to shoot guns, but he won’t touch them,” Fields said. “The only gun he’s used is a BB gun.” As federal agents raided the family’s woodsy property in North Carolina, Fields said there had been no indication Martin would ever venture 700 miles south on any kind of political crusade. What’s more, the family are “big Trump supporters,” Fields said. “All of us. Everybody.” Martin “never really talked about — he didn’t want to get into politics,” Fields said. The man who attempted to breach Mar-a-Lago with a gun and gas canister has been identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of Cameron, North Carolina. Authorities say his family had reported him missing on Saturday. https://t.co/7zocm5pv3q pic.twitter.com/4aYBMLauJ9 — Breaking911 (@Breaking911) February 22, 2026 Despite his cousin saying Martin was not much into politics, a friend told TMZ that he became obsessed with the Epstein Files in recent weeks: The armed man shot and killed by Secret Service agents outside President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago property Sunday had grown increasingly obsessed with the Epstein files and was also a vocal supporter of Trump … TMZ has learned. Austin Tucker Martin sent a text message, obtained by TMZ, to a co-worker on February 15, 2026, that read, “I don’t know if you read up on the Epstein Files, but evil is real and unmistakable.” He continued, “The best people like you and I can do is use what little influence we have. Tell other people about what you hear about the Epstein files and what the government is doing about it. Raise awareness.” Sources who worked with Austin at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in North Carolina tell TMZ … he became fixated on Epstein following the latest release of information tied to the files. Co-workers tell us he was deeply disturbed by what he believed was a government cover-up and often talked about powerful people “getting away with it.” Here are the text messages: Austin Tucker Martin sent a text message, obtained by TMZ, to a co-worker on February 15, 2026, that read… “I don’t know if you read up on the Epstein Files, but evil is real and unmistakable. The best people like you and I can do is use what little influence we have. Tell… https://t.co/EfPfXsBrgF pic.twitter.com/maR9kLVeaQ — Politics & Poll Tracker (@PollTracker2024) February 23, 2026