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The US Secret Service has shot an armed man directly outside the White House, the agency has announced.
An “armed confrontation” took place directly outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House’s west wing shortly after midnight. President Donald Trump was not in the White House at the time of the shooting.
Local police had earlier in the day reported a “suicidal individual” who may have been travelling to Washington DC from Indiana to the Secret Service, the agency added.
Secret Service agents saw the man’s vehicle parked near 17th and F streets, NW, before they spotted an individual matching local police’s description nearby.
The man was taken to the hospital. His condition was not immediately known.
“As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm, and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,” Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guiglielmi said on X.
No Secret Service personnel were injured in the incident, which is now under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department.
Mr Guglielmi said on X: “Secret Service personnel were involved in a shooting following an armed encounter with a person of interest shortly after midnight on March 9 at 17th and G Streets NW. Media staging area will be at 17th and Pennsylvania.”
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