In the early hours of Sunday morning, a U.S. Customs and Border Protection (CBP) agent engaged in a gunfire exchange with an individual near the U.S.-Canada border in Pittsburg, New Hampshire.
CBP Commissioner Rodney Scott announced that the agent’s shots struck the individual, whose identity has not been disclosed. The injured person was transported to a nearby hospital, but their current condition remains uncertain.
“The FBI’s Boston Field Office is leading the investigation into this incident,” Scott stated to WMUR. “CBP is fully cooperating with the investigation. For further details, please contact the FBI.”
According to the FBI, the shooting occurred around 1 a.m. on Sunday. Preliminary findings suggest that the individual initiated the gunfire, prompting the agent to return fire.
A U.S. border agent reportedly returned fire during the incident at the U.S.-Canada border on Sunday, an event captured in an image by Kevin Carter/Getty Images.
Shortly after the incident, the FBI’s Evidence Response Team arrived on the scene to begin their investigation.
The shooting came the same morning that a man was shot and killed after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter of President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida.
The U.S. Secret Service said that incident occurred around 1:30 a.m. when the suspect made an “unauthorized entry” through the north gate of the resort as another vehicle was exiting.
The man has been identified as 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin of North Carolina, Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw confirmed to Fox News.
An aerial view shows the Mar-a-Lago estate and the north gate in Palm Beach, Florida, following reports of a shooting incident, February 22, 2026. (Fox News)
The suspect was observed carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. Agents and a deputy from the Palm Beach County Sheriff’s Office (PBSO) confronted him.
“They confronted a white male that was carrying a gas can and a shotgun. 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.”
Bradshaw said the suspect did not exchange any words with law enforcement officers who instructed the man to “drop the items.”
The man who was shot and killed after allegedly breaching the secure perimeter at President Donald Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate in Palm Beach, Florida, was observed carrying what appeared to be a shotgun and a fuel can. (Fox News)
The man was pronounced dead at the scene.
No Secret Service or PBSO personnel were injured, and no Secret Service protectees were present at the location during the time of the incident, officials said.
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