(SeaPRwire) – Secret Service officers shot a man during an exchange of gunfire near the White House on Monday, an incident that also injured an underage bystander.
During a press briefing, Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn stated that around 3:30 p.m., plainclothes agents on patrol near the White House complex spotted the suspect, who appeared to be carrying a weapon.
Those plainclothes agents alerted uniformed officers, who moved in to approach the suspected gunman. But Quinn said the man attempted to flee and opened fire on the agents, who returned fire.
The man was struck in the shootout and was transported to a hospital. As of early Tuesday, his condition remained unclear. A minor bystander was also hit in the exchange; Quinn confirmed the juvenile did not sustain life-threatening injuries and is currently receiving medical care.
Quinn said the Washington, D.C., police will lead the investigation into this shooting incident.
Monday’s shooting occurs just over one week after a suspect opened fire at the venue of the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, which was attended by President Donald Trump, Vice President J.D. Vance, and other high-ranking administration officials. A Secret Service agent was shot in that incident at the Washington Hilton Hotel, and the suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, has been charged with attempted assassination of the president, among other offenses.
Quinn shared that the vice president’s motorcade passed through the area shortly before Monday’s shooting. Trump was hosting a business event at the White House when the shooting happened, and the White House was placed on a brief lockdown. The Secret Service temporarily urged people to avoid the area as emergency crews responded to the incident.
When asked whether the shooting was suspected to be “related potentially to the other recent attempts on Trump’s life,” Quinn said, “I can’t say. I’m not going to guess on that … but we will find out.“
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