WASHINGTON (AP) — An armed man traveling from Indiana was shot by Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation that occurred early Sunday.
No one else was injured in the shooting that occurred around midnight, one block from the White House, according to a statement from the Secret Service.
President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.
The Secret Service received information from local police about a suspected “suicidal individual” traveling from Indiana and located the man’s car and a person matching his description nearby.
“When the agents approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which our personnel fired,” the Secret Service stated in a press release.
The man was hospitalized. The Secret Service reported that his condition was “unknown”.
The Metropolitan Police Department will carry out the investigation because the shooting involved law enforcement officers. A message left on Sunday for the police department was not immediately answered.