Austin Tucker Martin, fatally shot by Secret Service at Mar-a-Lago, was a one-time Trump supporter who became obsessed about an Epstein files cover-up

Austin Tucker Martin (far right), with family members (NY Post)

The 21-year-old man Secret Service agents fatally shot at President Donald Trump's Florida estate early Sunday had become deeply concerned about the administration's handling of the Epstein files and expressed fear of elites "getting away with it,"  an apparent reference to wealthy and powerful men not being held  accountable for using the Jeffrey Epstein network to commit sex crimes against women and under-age girls. That's from a report at the UK Daily Mail under the headline "Gunman shot dead at Mar-a-Lago was 'obsessed with Epstein 'cover-up,' came from family of 'avid Trump supporters.'  U.S. Senior Reporter Stephen M. Lepore writes:

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 hardly fits the profile of someone who might appear on Trump's property, with the apparent intent of harming the president. The Daily Mail's Lepore writes:

Martin himself also was 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, Martin 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.

Did increasingly detailed and disturbing reports about Trump's connections to Epstein -- including DOJ  documents tying the president's name to reports of child rape and murder -- cause scales to fall from the eyes of one young Trump supporter? For now, that appears to be the case. From the Daily Mail:

"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."

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.'"