<div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-0"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The Secret Service shot a man near the White House early Sunday after an “armed confrontation” with law enforcement officials, the agency said in a statement.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">President Trump was not at the White House at the time. He is spending the weekend in Florida at his Mar-a-Lago Club.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">Earlier on Saturday, the local police shared information with the Secret Service about a suicidal person who may have been traveling to Washington from Indiana. Around midnight, members of the Secret Service encountered the person’s parked vehicle near 17th and F Streets, about a block from the White House. A man was outside of the vehicle, the agency said.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">As officers approached, they saw that the man had a gun and then a confrontation ensued, during which the Secret Service shot the man, the agency said.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div><div data-testid="Dropzone-1"></div><div class="css-s99gbd StoryBodyCompanionColumn" data-testid="companionColumn-1"><div class="css-53u6y8"><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">He was transported to a hospital, and his condition was unknown, the Secret Service said. There were no reported injuries to anyone with the Secret Service.</p><p class="css-at9mc1 evys1bk0">The Metropolitan Police Department in Washington is investigating the shooting.</p></div><aside aria-label="companion column" class="css-ew4tgv"></aside></div>

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