Secret Service Shoots Armed Man Near White House

The U.S. Secret Service (USSS) shot an adult male near the White House following an “armed confrontation” with law enforcement shortly after midnight on March 9, the agency said. The man was shot near the intersection of 17th Street and F Street NW, according to a statement posted to the social media platform X by USSS Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi. The day prior, local police reported a “suicidal individual” possibly traveling to Washington from Indiana, the agency said. After Secret Service agents found the individual’s vehicle, they saw a person on foot matching the description. “As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm, and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,” the agency said....