The incident occurred shortly after midnight near the intersection of 17th and F Streets NW, just one block from the White House.
According to the Secret Service, local police had alerted them on Saturday about a 'suicidal individual' who was possibly traveling to Washington, D.C., from Indiana. Officers later located the suspect's parked vehicle and spotted a man on foot who matched the description.
'As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm, and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,' the Secret Service said in a statement released on X by agency spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi.
The suspect was transported to a nearby hospital, and his condition remains unknown. No injuries were reported among Secret Service personnel.
The Secret Service is a federal law enforcement agency under the Department of Homeland Security tasked with conducting criminal investigations and providing protection to U.S. political leaders, their families, and visiting heads of state or government.
The agency confirmed that the Sunday incident is under investigation by the Metropolitan Police Department's Internal Affairs Division's Force Investigations Team, which reviews all law enforcement officer-involved shootings in the District of Columbia.
President Donald Trump was not in Washington at the time of the shooting; he was at his residence in Mar-a-Lago, Florida.
Last year, Trump survived a shooting incident during a campaign event in Pennsylvania.
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