Operatives of the United States Secret Service shot an unnamed armed man during just blocks away from the White House, Washington, D.C., on Sunday morning.
Naija Daily News had earlier erroneously reported that the assailant was shot dead, but it has now been confirmed that he was taken to hospital.
Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson of the Secret Service, wrote on the social media platform X (former Twitter) confirmed that the person of interest was shot dead.
It read: “Secret Service personnel were involved in a shooting following an armed encounter with a person of interest shortly after midnight on March 9 at 17th and G Streets NW.”
It was unclear if the attack was aimed at President Donald Trump or members of this administration, but the President was in his Mar-a-Lago home when the incident occurred on Sunday morning.
Naija Daily News learnt that the suspect was an Indiana man, but his race or age was not immediately known.
The latest report about the incident indicated that the Secret Service received information from local police about an alleged “suicidal individual” who was traveling from Indiana and found the man’s car and a person matching his description nearby.
“As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,” the Secret Service said in a statement.
The man was hospitalized. The Secret Service said his condition was “unknown.”
The Metropolitan Police Department will investigate because the shooting involved law enforcement officers. The police department declined to provide more details, according to an Associated Press News report.
