The U.S. Secret Service shot an adult male near the White House in Washington, D.C., shortly after midnight on Sunday who brandished a firearm leading to an “armed confrontation” with law enforcement. The encounter happened near the intersection of 17th and F Streets near the northwest corner of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building of the White House.
The agency said that local police had reported on Saturday that a “suicidal individual” possibly traveling to D.C. from Indiana. Secret Service personnel later located the individual’s vehicle parked near the intersection an intersection on the western perimeter of the White House, and the man who matched the description was found on foot about a block north on foot.
The agency’s spokesman Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement: “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. As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm, and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel.”
The Secret Service said the man was taken to a local hospital and his condition is unknown, adding that no injuries were reported among Secret Service personnel, and that the incident was under investigation. President Trump was not at the White House at the time, as he is visiting his Mar-a-Lago home in Florida. The man’s motivation for traveling to Washington are not currently known.
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