WASHINGTON — An armed man believed to be touring from Indiana was shot by U.S. Secret Service brokers close to the White Home after a confrontation early Sunday, in keeping with authorities.
Nobody else was injured within the capturing that occurred round midnight a few block from the White Home, in keeping with a Secret Service assertion. President Donald Trump was in Florida on the time of the capturing.
The Secret Service obtained data from native police about an alleged “suicidal particular person” who was touring from Indiana and located the person’s automotive and an individual matching his description close by.
“As officers approached, the person brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, throughout which pictures had been fired by our personnel,” the Secret Service mentioned in a press release.
The person was hospitalized. The Secret Service mentioned his situation was “unknown.”
The Metropolitan Police Division will examine as a result of the capturing concerned regulation enforcement officers. The police division declined to offer extra particulars.
