‘Armed’ person shot near White House during Trump event

In a message to

“One person was shot by police; their condition is currently unknown,” the report said.

“Avoid the area as emergency services respond.”

About an hour later, the Secret Service said in a message that the shooting resulted from “a confrontation between an armed individual and Secret Service police.”

They will brief the media later this morning

A spokesman for the Washington D.C. Fire and EMS Department, Vito Maggiolo, told the Associated Press that an adult man was taken to the hospital and another man, apparently a teenager, was treated for minor injuries.

The Associated Press reported that the White House was briefly placed on lockdown but has since resumed activities.

US President Donald Trump held a pro-small business event at the White House at the time, which reportedly went ahead without interruption.

However, journalists who had been outside were escorted to the briefing room