WASHINGTON (AP) — 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 accordance with authorities.
Nobody else was injured within the taking pictures that occurred round midnight a few block from the White Home, in accordance with a Secret Service assertion. President Donald Trump was in Florida on the time of the taking pictures.
The Secret Service acquired 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 an announcement.
The person was hospitalized. The Secret Service mentioned his situation was “unknown.”
The Metropolitan Police Division will examine as a result of the taking pictures concerned regulation enforcement officers. The police division declined to offer extra particulars.
