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| 2026-02-23 | |
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The man who entered Trump's Mar-a-Lago property with a shotgun and gas canister comes from a family of Trump supporters and became 'obsessed' by the administration's handling of the Epstein files. Austin Tucker Martin, 21, was shot and killed on Sunday morning after entering President Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago estate. Braeden Fields, Martin's cousin, reacted with disbelief, calling Martin 'quiet' and saying his family was almost entirely in favor of Trump. 'We are big Trump supporters, all of us. Everybody,' Fields said, but his cousin was 'real quiet, never really talked about anything.' Martin himself was also allegedly a Trump supporter, expressing his belief in Trump as recently as late last year, anonymous co-workers told TMZ. However, a text message uncovered by the outlet shows that Martin may have been influenced by the Department of Justice's release of the files related to dead pedophile Jeffrey Epstein. On February 15, just a week before he was killed by law enforcement, he texted a co-worker at Pine Needles Lodge & Golf Club in North Carolina about the files. 'I don't know if you read up on the Epstein Files, but evil is real and unmistakable,' Martin said. President Trump has never been charged with any involvement in any wrongdoing involving Epstein and has long said he cut ties with the financier over 20 years ago. Co-workers said that Martin - who was open about his Christian faith - was fixated on the Epstein saga and said he would talk about the elites 'getting away with it.' They also described him as becoming increasingly frustrated by the state of the US economy and having fruitlessly tried to start a union at his place of work. However, Fields described Martin as quiet, afraid of guns and from a family of avid Trump supporters. 'He's a good kid,' Fields, 19, said. He said they grew up together. 'I wouldn't believe he would do something like this. It's mind-blowing,' Fields said. Fields said Martin worked at a local golf course and would send money from each paycheck to charity. 'He wouldn't even hurt an ant. He doesn't even know how to use a gun,' Fields said. Fields said his cousin didn't discuss politics. His family said on Facebook that Martin was last heard from on Saturday just before 8pm after he left his $1.1million home in Cameron, North Carolina, at around 1pm. 'This is not like him at all,' his devastated aunt wrote. Martin lived with his parents at the secluded, countryside home - and the young man had a fascination with drawing golf courses in his spare time, an Instagram account linked to him showed. 'I specialize in pen illustrations centered around landscapes, architecture, and scenery,' he wrote in a brief description. He posted dozens of photos of scenes from golf courses, buildings, and countryside shots in both black and white and color. Martin was also seemingly religious - captioning one of his drawings of an ornate garden with: 'Thank you for this gift, Dear Lord,' alongside a Christian emoji. Photos of Martin, posted by his family online, showed him smiling with his siblings and parents. | |
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