Secret Service Agent Shoots Armed Man Outside White House
A Secret Service agent on Friday shot a man near a security checkpoint close to the White House after he shake a gun and refused orders to stop.
Vice-President Joe Biden was in the White House at the time. He was taken to a “secure area” during the incident, White House officials said.
“Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers gave numerous verbal commands for the subject to stop and drop the firearm,” security agencies said in a joint statement.
“When the subject failed to comply with the verbal commands, he was shot once by a Secret Service agent and taken into custody”At this time, based on a preliminary investigation, there is no known nexus to terrorism,”
Authorities said the man, who was shot once in the chest, was hospitalized in critical condition Friday night.
“No one within or associated with the White House was injured, and everyone in the White House is safe and accounted for,” a White House official said. “The President has been made aware of the situation.”
The White House went into a lock down that was lifted around 4 p.m. ET. A law enforcement official said investigators have located the suspect’s vehicle near the shooting area.
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