US Secret Service shoots armed man outside White House

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US Secret Service shoots armed man outside White House

President Donald Trump was not in the White House at the time

Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair

The US Secret Service has announced that an armed adult man was shot by its personnel on Sunday morning (9 March) outside the White House.

President Donald Trump was not at the White House when the incident occurred.

The Secret Service Chief of Communications, Anthony Guglielmi, said that the USSS had received information of a 'suicidal individual' that was travelling from Indiana to Washington D.C.

The president was not present when the incident took place (Getty Stock Photo)
The president was not present when the incident took place (Getty Stock Photo)

He added that USSS spotted a person matching the description in a parked car near the White House, stating: “As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel.”

The man has since been taken to hospital, with his condition unknown, while the USSS said that there were no injuries to members of its team.

Guglielmi revealed that DC Metropolitan Police’s Internal Affairs Division Force Investigations Team will lead the investigation into the incident.

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Topics: Donald Trump, US News, Crime

Joshua Nair
Joshua Nair

Joshua Nair is a journalist at LADbible. Born in Malaysia and raised in Dubai, he has always been interested in writing about a range of subjects, from sports to trending pop culture news. After graduating from Oxford Brookes University with a BA in Media, Journalism and Publishing, he got a job freelance writing for SPORTbible while working in marketing before landing a full-time role at LADbible. Unfortunately, he's unhealthily obsessed with Manchester United, which takes its toll on his mental and physical health. Daily.

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