Person fatally shot by Secret Service near the White House, authorities say

A somebody who approached a edward white domiciliate certificate checkpoint and began firing at officers has died, according to union soldier officials.

The U.S. Secret Service said in a statement late Saturday that, according to a preliminary investigation, the person approached a checkpoint shortly after 6 p.m. ET, "removed a weapon from his bag and began firing at posted officers."

Officers returned fire and hit the suspect, who was transported to a nearby hospital, where he later died, according to the Secret Service.

A bystander was also struck, but a law enforcement official said it wasn't clear whether that person was hit by the suspect's initial bullets or those fired subsequently by officers.

Secret Service said none of its officers were injured, and that President Donald Trump — who was at the White House at the time — was not "impacted."

More to come.

This is a breaking update. A previous version of this story can be read below.

Law enforcement authorities are responding to shots that were fired near the White House grounds on Saturday, FBI Director Kash Patel said.

Journalists working there reported hearing a series of gunshots and were told to seek shelter inside the press briefing room, where U.S. Secret Service officers prevented them from leaving.

There were no immediate reports of any injuries. On X, Secret Service said it was "aware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW" — one block from the White House — and was "working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground."

In a social media post, Patel said officers were responding to shots fired and said he would "update the public as we're able."

U.S. President Donald Trump was inside the White House at the time.

The Metropolitan Police Department did not immediately respond to requests for information.

The gunfire Saturday comes nearly a month after what law enforcement authorities described as an attempted assassination of the president at the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at a Washington hotel.

Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, Calif., recently pleaded not guilty to charges that he attempted to kill Trump at the April 25 event. He remains in federal custody.

On May 4, Secret Service officers shot a suspect they said had fired at officers near the Washington Monument, also near the White House.

Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was charged in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in connection with that shooting, in which a teenage bystander was wounded.

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