A gunman was killed following a shootout with Secret Service agents close to the White House on Saturday, US President Donald Trump and law enforcement officials said.
The individual had pulled out a gun and began firing just after 6 pm on Saturday evening, in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, Anthony Guglielmi, the US Secret Service's chief of communications, said in a statement.
Trump was in the White House at the time, but he was unimpacted by the incident, per Guglielmi.
"Secret Service Police returned fire striking the suspect who was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased," the statement reads. "During the shooting one bystander was also struck by gunfire."
No officers were reported to have been injured.
