Overview
- Undercover Secret Service personnel, who spotted a man with a gun Monday near 15th Street and Independence Avenue by the Washington Monument, triggered a uniformed response.
- The suspect ran when officers approached, then fired at them, and agents shot him before medics took him to a hospital, where his condition was not disclosed.
- A nearby minor was struck, which investigators say was likely by the suspect’s gunfire, and the child is in stable, non–life-threatening condition.
- The White House briefly locked down and moved reporters indoors, and officials said the vice president’s motorcade had passed the area minutes earlier with no indication it was the target.
- The Metropolitan Police Department is leading the use-of-force investigation, a standard practice even when federal agents are involved, and a firearm was recovered at the scene.