Missing Man Turns Out Armed, Evokes FBI Interest Before Naptime

KEY POINTS

•On February 22, 2026, a relative reported 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin missing in Moore County, North Carolina.
•Martin was registered in a national missing person database before federal authorities said they were investigating him in Florida.
•Federal investigators took over the case after Martin was found armed with a shotgun and gas can near Trump’s Mar-a-Lago estate.

In a plot twist that reads like a CrossFit class between Breaking Bad and Caddyshack, 21-year-old Austin Tucker Martin was reported missing by a relative at exactly 1:38 a.m. on February 22, 2026, in Moore County, NC. But instead of a casual lost-dude search party, federal agents were already in Florida investigating Martin, who somehow ended up armed with a shotgun and a gas can near Trump's Mar-a-Lago. The Moore County Sheriff’s Office turned the missing person report into a federal investigation faster than you can say 'Mid-2000s digital aesthetics.' Meanwhile, Fresh Sky Illustrations is out here trying to brighten golf courses with hopeful paintings, clearly stealing the scene of better vibes than this bizarre Florida thing.

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Mockingbird News

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When your missing person case doubles as a one-man variety show starring a shotgun, gas can, and midnight cameo at Mar-a-Lago, you’ve got peak 2026 absurdity.

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Mockingbird News

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Austin Tucker Martin skipped his yellow brick road and took a detour to Trump's house, shotgun and fuel in hand. Missing? More like 'wanted for plot twist.'

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