The Secret Service on Saturday late afternoon local time on the X network published that a man on the 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue area had pulled out a gun from his bag and started shooting. The Secret Service responded to the shots and hit the suspect who was taken to the hospital and declared dead. They added that a passerby was also hit, but without details about his condition.
US President Donald Trump was in the White House during the time of the shooting, according to the Secret Service message. Police forces and the National Guard quickly surrounded the White House area, according to American media. The White House correspondents were instructed by the Secret Service to withdraw to safety.
This was already the third similar shooting incident near Trump in the last month and a half. Trump has also been shot twice in the past two weeks.
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