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Suspect shot near White House, in custody
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Washington
(CNN) A Secret Service agent on Friday shot a man near a security
checkpoint close to the White House after he brandished a gun and
refused orders to stop.
Suspect shot near White House, in custody
Story highlights
- The suspect was shot in the abdomen and taken into custody, according to two sources
- President Barack Obama was not at the White House at the time of the incident
Washington (CNN)A
Secret Service agent on Friday shot a man near a security checkpoint
close to the White House after he brandished a gun and refused orders to
stop.
A Secret Service
spokesman said the incident occurred shortly after 3 p.m. ET when a man
carrying a gun approached a checkpoint on E Street near the White House.
The suspect was given verbal commands to stop and drop the gun, and
when he failed to comply, he was shot once by a Secret Service agent and
taken into custody. Secret Service officers and an agent provided
medical aid to the suspect, and the city's EMS said he was transported
to a local hospital with critical injuries.
The suspect was shot in the abdomen, according to two sources familiar with the incident.
President
Barack Obama was not at the White House, and Vice President Joe Biden
was secured in the White House complex during the incident.
"No
one within or associated with the White House was injured, and everyone
in the White House is safe and accounted for," a White House official
said. "The President has been made aware of the situation."
The White House went into a lockdown that was lifted around 4 p.m. ET.
A
law enforcement official said investigators have located the suspect's
vehicle near the shooting area. The official added that the man does not
have a record with the Secret Service.
Law
enforcement believes it has identified the suspect who approached the
Secret Service checkpoint and was shot, two law enforcement sources told
CNN.
One of the sources said the man does not have a record with the Secret Service.
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