Secret Service shoots man who fired at agents near Washington Monument | CNN Politics

The US Secret Service says its officers shot an armed man Monday afternoon near the Washington Monument after he fired at agents and wounded a juvenile bystander. Moments before the gunfire, Secret Service officers and agents who patrol the outer perimeter of the White House complex noticed “a suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm,” USSS Deputy Director Matt Quinn told reporters during a press conference. The man ran when uniformed Secret Service police approached him and he fired towards the officers, Quinn said. The officers returned fire, striking and wounding the man. Authorities are investigating whether the alleged gunman may have attempted to access a White House entry-point earlier Monday, according to a law enforcement source familiar with the investigation. Based on a preliminary investigation, the suspect is believed to be a 45-year-old White man with past residency in both Maryland and Texas, the source said. He was shot in the torso and is currently listed in stable condition in a local hospital, according to the source. The juvenile bystander who was struck by the suspect was transported to the hospital with non-life threatening injuries, Quinn sai