On Sunday morning, outside the White House, a man was shot by the US Secret Service during an “armed confrontation,” as reported in their statement. Earlier, they had received a tip from local police about a “suicidal individual who may be travelling to Washington DC from Indiana.”

Officers approached a man matching that description, who showed a firearm. Shots were fired and the man is now hospitalized with an “unknown” condition.

At the time of the incident, President Donald Trump was away at his Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago, as he is spending the weekend there.

According to the statement, as officers approached, “the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel.”

The incident is currently being investigated by Washington’s Metropolitan Police, as they investigate all law-enforcement shootings in the District of Columbia.

Source: https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c4gdwde82ldo