Secret Service Shoots Person South of White House

The Secret Service says one of its officers shot a person near the Washington Monument around 4pm on Monday. The agency says none of its officers were injured and a firearm was found near the scene, WUSA9 reports. The identity and condition of the person shot by the officer have not been disclosed. Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said the suspect opened fire after being confronted by officers, who returned fire, reports the AP. Quinn said a bystander was hit by the suspect.

NBC Washington reports that a teenager was treated by paramedics at the scene for a possible graze wound and was later taken to a hospital by an ambulance with a Secret Service escort. The scene was around a mile south of the White House, which was briefly locked down. NBC reports that Secret Service officers with long guns drawn ushered journalists who were outside the White House into a briefing room. President Donald Trump was holding a small business event, which was not interrupted. Quinn said Vice President JD Vance's motorcade moved through the area a short time before the shooting but there's no sign it was the intended target, the AP reports.