The cousin of an armed man shot and killed after driving into the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate described him as a "good kid" who never talked politics, saying the incident was "mind-blowing."

Braeden Fields, a cousin of the man authorities identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina, described Martin as quiet, afraid of guns and from a family of avid Trump supporters.

"He’s a good kid," Fields, 19, told The Associated Press, adding that the two grew up together. "I wouldn’t believe he would do something like this. It’s mind-blowing."

Fields described Martin as generous, saying he would regularly donate money he earned from work at a local golf course to charity.

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"He wouldn’t even hurt an ant. He doesn’t even know how to use a gun," Fields said.

He said his cousin didn’t discuss politics.

"We are big Trump supporters, all of us. Everybody," Fields said, but his cousin was "real quiet, never really talked about anything."

Martin allegedly made an "unauthorized entry" through the north gate of the resort in Palm Beach, Florida, as another vehicle was exiting around 1:30 a.m. Sunday, authorities said.

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Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told reporters at a press conference that the suspect was seen carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. He said Secret Service agents and a sheriff’s deputy then confronted the suspect.

"He was ordered to drop those two pieces of equipment that he had with him – at which time he put down the gas can, raised the shotgun to a shooting position," Bradshaw told reporters. "At that point in time, the deputy and the two Secret Service agents fired their weapons and neutralized the threat."

The suspect was pronounced dead at the scene. Trump, who often spends weekends at Mar-a-Lago, was at the White House at the time of the breach.

Martin’s family had reported him missing around 1:38 a.m. Sunday, the Moore County Sheriff’s Office said in a press release.

A neighbor of the Martin family described seeing the 21-year-old’s mother go to a gas station to report him missing.

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"She had no idea where he was," Cindy Carlyle told WRAL News. "She was very upset, and she just made the comment that she had gotten a text from him, you know, saying that, 'I'm okay, I love you.'"

Cindy's husband, Danny Carlyle, told the outlet that the situation was tragic and was likely something that could have been avoided.

"It's just like a nightmare ... things like this don't happen close to home," he said.

The sheriff’s office said it had no prior history with the 21-year-old and has since turned over the missing person case information to federal authorities.

Investigators are working to compile a psychological profile on Martin.

Fox News Digital’s Ashley Carnahan, Sophia Compton and Greg Wehner, along with The Associated Press, contributed to this report.

President Donald Trump could save American families hundreds of dollars on credit cards, but so far, he’s been all talk and no action.

At the State of the Union, President Trump will try to spin a happy story about his failed economic agenda. During his campaign, he promised to lower costs "on day one." He is now more than four hundred days into his second term, and his policies are forcing Americans to pay more for everything from groceries to housing and electricity. Last Friday, the Supreme Court rebuked him for illegally taking money from working families. And polls show the American people think the president is not doing enough to lower costs.

One way Trump could lower costs quickly is to follow through on his campaign promise to put a 10% cap on credit card interest rates. This could save the average American with credit card debt about $900 a year. Collectively, families would save roughly $100 billion, giving them some breathing room and strengthening the economy overall.

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On Jan. 9, the president seemed poised to act. He announced that credit card companies will no longer rip off the American people — and then he politely asked the biggest banks to put in place a one-year, 10% cap on credit card interest rates by Jan. 20. At the time, I said that asking credit card companies to play nice is silly, and if the president was serious, he’d work to pass a bill through Congress that would deliver lower rates.

Three days later, President Trump called me himself. I had just given a speech noting that he is driving up costs for families and sowing terror and chaos in our communities. I repeated my push: If the president really wanted to cap credit card interest rates, he would use his leverage and push a bill through Congress. On our phone call, I delivered the same message.

That was six weeks ago. President Trump’s Jan. 20 deadline has come and gone, and no one is surprised that the big banks have not voluntarily cut credit card rates to help American families. Instead, Trump and his budget chief, Russ Vought, have moved in the opposite direction, trying to sideline the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau, which could be used to bring down credit card costs. While Trump claims he wants a credit card interest rate cap, his own regulators are helping out those very same Wall Street banks that are ripping off Americans and blocking states from protecting their citizens from sky-high loans.

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While the president dawdles, the big banks are coming out of the woodwork to warn of an "economic disaster" if we cap credit card interest rates. Give me a break. These are the most profitable financial institutions in the history of the world. There is no reason for them to demand 25% or 30% interest rates when smaller banks and credit unions are offering much lower credit card interest rates and are still making solid profits.

The big banks make about a 1.5% return on their lending generally — but for credit cards, they make a whopping 6.8% return. Credit cards also bring in and sustain new customers for other services. These banks could lower credit card rates and still be wildly profitable.

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Credit card CEOs love those high rates because they help finance a big chunk of the salaries and bonuses for those at the top. Compensation for every big bank CEO topped $40 million last year, with JPMorgan Chase CEO Jamie Dimon pocketing a tidy $770 million. Shareholders are happy, too. Big banks paid out a record $140 billion in dividends and share buybacks in 2025. Meanwhile, the American people have been charged more than $150 billion annually in credit card interest.

Americans want relief — and Democrats are ready. After the president called me, I reached out repeatedly to his chief of staff, Susie Wiles, to share ideas about how to design an emergency 10% rate cap that prohibits banks from retaliating by shutting down accounts, reducing credit lines or devaluing rewards. I also explained how we could transition to a permanent rate cap, so credit card companies can’t go right back to ripping people off after one year.

But after six weeks, there’s no deal to help the American people. We don’t need more speeches. We need an agreement on legislation and a commitment from the president to actually fight for it.

Let’s pass a bill to cap credit card interest rates. The Senate Banking Committee could hold hearings in March and get a bill to the president’s desk this spring.

No more delays. It’s time to deliver relief for American families.

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