Gunman shot dead after opening fire near White House checkpoint

A gunman, who opened occurrence adjacent a information checkpoint adjacent to the White House on Saturday evening, was killed aft officers of the United States Secret Service returned occurrence during the incident.

The shooting occurred astir 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, adjacent the White House complex, prompting an contiguous information lockdown successful the country arsenic instrumentality enforcement agencies responded.

According to the U.S. Secret Service, the fishy approached the checkpoint soon aft 6 p.m., removed a firearm from a container and began shooting toward officers stationed astatine the location.

Secret Service unit responded by firing back, critically injuring the suspect, who was aboriginal pronounced dormant astatine a adjacent hospital.

Authorities besides confirmed that a bystander sustained gunshot injuries during the incident, though officials had yet to find whether the idiosyncratic was struck by bullets fired by the fishy oregon during the excha...