Armed man shot by US Secret Service agents in ‘confrontation’ outside White House
US president Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the incident
Police tape remains at the scene after the Secret Service said it shot a man brandishing a firearm near the White House. Photo: Reuters
Alex Croft
The US Secret Service has shot an armed man directly outside the White House grounds, the agency said yesterday.
An "armed confrontation" took place directly outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House’s West Wing shortly after midnight yesterday morning.
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