<div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>An armed man believed to be travelling from Indiana has been shot by Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation, according to </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/usa" rel="" target="" title="US"><span>US</span></a><span> authorities.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>No one else was injured in the </span><a href="http://9news.com.au/shootings" rel="" target="" title="shooting"><span>shooting</span></a><span> that happened about midnight on Sunday (3pm AEDT) about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement. US President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>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.</span></div></div><div><div id="adspot-mobile-medium"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><strong><span>READ MORE: </span></strong><a href="https://www.9news.com.au/national/tropical-cyclone-alfred-update-intense-rainfall-across-south-east-queensland-northern-nsw/32313cd1-fc08-440e-ab16-f30e85f48883" rel="" target="" title="'It's crazy': Roof ripped off as Queensland man sleeps"><strong><span>'It's crazy': Roof ripped off as Queensland man sleeps</span></strong></a><strong></strong></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>"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.</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The man was hospitalised. The Secret Service said his condition was "unknown".</span></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><span>The Metropolitan Police Department will investigate because the shooting involved law enforcement officers. A message left on Sunday for the police department wasn't immediately returned.</span></div></div><div><div class="OUTBRAIN" data-reactroot="" data-src="//www.9news.com.au/world/donald-trump-updates-armed-man-shot-by-secret-service-near-white-house-while-president-out-of-town/4c3d912d-0ad3-47c3-9d00-60a4e1780979" data-widget-id="AR_5"></div></div><div class="block-content"><div class="styles__Container-sc-1ylecsg-0 goULFa"><em><strong><span>Readers seeking support can contact Lifeline on 13 11 14 or beyond blue on 1300 22 4636.</span></strong></em></div></div>