The Secret Service shot an armed man near the White House – Liberation
The agents of Secret Service, responsible for the protection of the American president, shot an armed man near the White House on the night of Saturday to Sunday, when President Donald Trump spent the weekend in his residence in Mar-A-Lago in Florida, a spokesman announced.
Man has been hospitalized and his state of health is not « Not known », continued the spokesperson for the Secret Service in a press release which does not specify if the White House or Donald Trump constituted targets. No agent was injured, according to the press release published by spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi on X.
The agents had been warned earlier by local police from the presence of a man « suicidal » who went to Washington from Indiana. Around midnight, they found its conveyed parked near the 17th rue and rue F, which are very close to the White House, according to the press release. They then spotted an individual nearby who corresponded to the description they had received. « While the officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation followed, during which shots were fired by our staff », described the press release.
Updated at 2:10 p.m. In more details.
