The Washington’s Metropolitan Police in the District of Columbia is currently investigating an incidence of shooting outside the White House, seat of government of the United States of America (USA).
It is widely reported that the US Secret Service shot a man outside the White House early on Sunday after an “armed confrontation”.
President Donald Trump was not in the White House at the time of incidence as he was said to be spending the weekend at his Florida residence, Mar-a-Lago.
In a statement, the service said, it had earlier received tip-off from local police about a “suicidal individual who may be travelling to Washington DC from Indiana.”
According to the statement, shots were fired when its officers approached a man matching that description and who brandished a firearm, adding that the suspect is receiving treatment in an unknown hospital.
“As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,” stated the statement.
The incident is now under investigation by Washington’s Metropolitan Police, which investigates all law-enforcement shootings in the District of Columbia
