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Another assassination bid against Donald Trump? Secret Service shoots armed man near White House
The US Secret Service shot a man near Washington, DC on Sunday after an “armed confrontation” with law enforcement. President Donald Trump was not at the White House when the altercation took place. He was in Florida at the time of the shooting.
The shooting took place on the west side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building near the White House.
The agents received information from the local police on Saturday that an alleged ‘suicidal’ man was travelling to Washington from Indiana.
Following the alert, the Secret Service agents located the man’s car parked near the White House. The description of the man matched with that provided by the local police.
“Around midnight, members of the Secret Service encountered the individual’s parked vehicle near 17th and F Streets, NW. They also saw an individual on foot matching the description nearby,” the federal agency said.
The Secret Service in a statement said that as officers approached the man, an armed confrontation was triggered and shots were fired by the agents.
The man was taken to the hospital and his condition was “unknown”.
Secret Service spokesman Antony Guglielmi said the DC police are investigating the incident.
“The incident is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department Internal Affairs Division’s Force Investigations Team, which investigates all law enforcement officer-involved shootings in the District of Columbia,” the Secret Service said.
Last year, three assassination attempts were made against US President Trump, with the first one on July 13. Trump suffered a bullet injury while he was attending a campaign rally in Pennsylvania.
