New Delhi, Feb. 23 -- Authorities are reconstructing the final hours of Austin Tucker Martin, the 21-year-old North Carolina man fatally shot by United States Secret Service agents outside Donald Trump's Mar-a-Lago resort in Palm Beach in the early hours of Sunday (22 February). Emerging details suggest a volatile mix of political conviction, religious fervour and growing fixation on the recently released Jeffrey Epstein files.

The confrontation between security forced and Austin Tucker Martin occurred at approximately 1:30 a.m. local time near the north gate of the estate. Neither Trump nor Melania Trump was present in Florida at the time of the incident.

According to the United States Secret Service, Martin was armed with a shotgun an...