A man brandishing a firearm in Washington, D.C., was shot by Secret Service officers near the White House on Sunday morning. Identified as a potential suicide risk by local police, the man was encountered by officials near his car with a firearm, leading to an armed confrontation. The man was subsequently taken to a nearby hospital, with his condition currently undisclosed. Fortunately, no Secret Service personnel were injured in the incident. President Donald Trump was in Mar-a-Lago, Florida, during the shooting, which took place just one block away from the White House.

The Secret Service provided a statement detailing the events, indicating that the individual was shot following an armed confrontation with law enforcement. Prior to the incident, local police had shared information about a potentially suicidal individual traveling from Indiana to Washington, D.C. Upon encountering the individual’s vehicle and a person matching the description, an armed confrontation ensued, resulting in shots being fired by Secret Service personnel. The suspect’s condition remains unknown, and the Metropolitan Police Department Internal Affairs Division’s Force Investigations Team is investigating the incident, as is standard procedure for law enforcement-involved shootings in the District of Columbia.