Secret Service shoots armed man near White House; as Trump holds business event inside

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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.  

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Van Drives Through White House Barricade, Driver Apprehended

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A driver has been apprehended after a van drove through a barricade near the White House early Wednesday morning, according to police. A spokesman for the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) told Newsweek that officers were assisting the U.S. Secret Service after the incident at Connecticut Avenue and H Street, Northwest at around 6.37am ET.

Source: Van Drives Through White House Barricade, Driver Apprehended – Newsweek

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