JAKARTA - A gunman was killed after firing at a Secret Service checkpoint near the White House, on Saturday local time or Sunday, May 24 morning WIB.
A Secret Service spokesman said officers returned fire, hitting the attacker in the body. The attacker was then rushed to hospital, but was later pronounced dead.
In the incident, a civilian was also reported to have been injured. Meanwhile, no Secret Service members were injured.
US President Donald Trump was known to be at the White House when the incident occurred. However, the Secret Service ensured that Trump was not directly affected by the shooting.
The shooting occurred at the intersection of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House complex.
According to law enforcement sources as reported by CBS, at least 15 to 30 shots were fired in the incident. Security forces immediately evacuated a number of people around the location to the White House press conference room after the situation was deemed dangerous.
The same source said the perpetrator was suspected of acting alone. He is said to have approached Secret Service officers and shot at them, but failed to injure the security personnel.
The officers then fired back until the perpetrator fell down at the scene. The perpetrator of the shooting received medical treatment while in critical condition, before finally dying.
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