Secret Service shoots man in overnight 'armed confrontation' near White House

The Secret Service changeable a antheral during an equipped confrontation adjacent the White House Sunday, the bureau announced. 

The incidental took spot conscionable aft midnight, astir a artifact distant from the White House, connected the westbound broadside of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

In a statement, the Secret Service said that earlier connected Saturday constabulary shared accusation astir a suicidal idiosyncratic who whitethorn person been traveling to Washington, D.C., from Indiana.

The Secret Service changeable a antheral during an equipped confrontation adjacent the White House Sunday, the bureau announced.  (AP)

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At astir midnight, members of the Secret Service encountered the man’s parked car adjacent 17th and F Streets, NW, and saw a idiosyncratic matching his statement nearby.

As officers approached him, the antheral brandished a firearm, starring to an equipped confrontation wherever Secret Service agents changeable him.

At astir midnight, members of the Secret Service encountered the man’s parked car adjacent 17th and F Streets, NW, and saw a idiosyncratic matching his statement nearby. (Google Maps)

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He was rushed to a adjacent infirmary and his information is unknown, a Secret Service spokesperson said.

There were nary reported injuries to Secret Service personnel.

The shooting took spot astir a artifact distant from the White House.  (iStock)

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The Metropolitan Police Department will pb an investigation into the shooting since they are the superior bureau liable for use-of-force incidents wrong the District of Columbia, the Secret Service said.

Fox News’ Lauralee Guidry contributed to this report.