Odd text exchanges reveal the 21-year-old gvnman who breached Mar-a-Lago had become intensely focused on materials linked to Epstein

Messages obtained by TMZ shows that just a week earlier, Martin sent bizarre texts to a co-worker saying: “I don’t know if you read up on the Epstein Files, but evil is real and unmistakable.”

He added: “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.”

The co-worker never replied, but they exchanged a text writing: “Hey! Where are you?,” before the news of the shooting broke.

Sources who worked with him at North Carolina golf club told TMZ he had become fixated on Epstein-related material and believed elites were being protected by a government cover-up.

Members at the club told how the gunman had often raged about powerful people “getting away with it”.

They also said he complained frequently about the economy and how young people need multiple roommates and jobs to survive.

Martin had been reported missing Saturday after disappearing from his hometown.

His mum created a poster describing the silver Volkswagen he was believed to be driving as relatives frantically searched for him.

Public records listed him at a rural property where vehicles were later seen blocking the entrance after the shooting.

Investigators believe he travelled from North Carolina to Florida and picked up the shotgun along the way.

The weapons box was later recovered from his car.

Officials say he managed to enter the secured estate grounds by driving through the gate behind another vehicle.

His cousin, 19-year-old Braeden Fields, said the incident left the family stunned.

He said: “He’s a good kid. I wouldn’t believe he would do something like this. It’s mind-blowing.

“He wouldn’t even hurt an ant. He doesn’t even know how to use a gun.”