Written by Secret Service officers engaged an armed man near the White House on Monday in what turned into a shootout that left the suspect and a juvenile bystander injured, according to the agency. The incident unfolded a few blocks south of the White House, along the National Mall and near the Washington Monument, when plainclothes agents on patrol “identified a suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm,” Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said during a press briefing.
After spotting the “visual print of a firearm” on the suspect, the plainclothes agents called in support from uniformed Secret Service police.
“Upon making contact, that individual fled briefly on foot, withdrew a firearm and fired in the direction of our agents and officers,” Quinn said.
Secret Service officers returned fire and struck the suspect, who was transported to a local hospital.
Source: Secret Service shoots armed man near White House — as Trump holds business event inside
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