Why have I not seen much about this story?
A man is dead following an overnight break-in attempt at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.
Authorities say Austin Tucker Martin, 21, breached the perimeter at Mar-a-Lago on Feb. 22 carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. Two U.S. Secret Service agents and a Palm Beach County sheriff’s deputy spotted him near the property’s north gate and ordered him to drop his weapons.
Martin lowered the gas can but, according to Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw, raised the shotgun “into a shooting position.” The agents and deputy began to shoot, killing him.
Have we become so inured to random acts of assassination directed at Trump that we just lose interest quickly?
Oh wait:
Authorities have not said how many shots were fired, who fired the fatal round, or what — if any — connection Martin had to extremist groups or ideologies. His motive for approaching the estate armed with a shotgun and a fuel can remains unknown.
Never mind, I’m sure that all will be explained in due course. (See Page T17, right underneath the tide tables and crossword puzzle.)