The US Secret Service has shot an armed man outside the White House after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it says.
US President Donald Trump was not in the residence at the time, as he is spending the weekend at his Florida residence.
Secret Service officials received a tip on Saturday from local authorities that a suicidal person may be travelling to Washington DC from Indiana and the person's car was found a block from the White House, it said in a statement.
The man brandished a firearm as officers approached him and shots were fired shortly after midnight local time.
He was taken to an area hospital and his condition was not known.
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