“A shooting outside the White House on Monday briefly overtook President Trump’s daily news conference, leading Secret Service to call the president away from the briefing room lectern.
“Later the Secret Service said a uniformed Secret Service officer had shot a 51-year-old man who said he had a gun and pointed an object at the officer, crouching in “a shooter’s stance.” The officer fired his weapon, striking the man in the torso.
“The suspect and the officer were both taken to hospitals, but the Secret Service statement doesn’t specify why the officer was taken.
“The incident took place at 17th St. and Pennsylvania Ave. near the White House complex.”
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