An armed man was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House.The incident occurred early Sunday, March 9, 2025.The confrontation happened about a block from the White House.
Background:The Secret Service had received information from local police about a potentially "suicidal individual" traveling from Indiana.Secret Service agents located the man's vehicle and a person matching his description.When agents approached, the man "brandished a firearm," leading to an "armed confrontation."
Outcome:Shots were fired by Secret Service personnel.The man was transported to a hospital; his condition is currently "unknown."President Donald Trump was in Florida at the time of the shooting.The Metropolitan Police Department will be investigating the incident.
Key points:No Secret service personel where injured.
The incident happened near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
President Donald Trump was not in the White House at the time of the shooting, as he had chosen to spend the weekend at his home in Palm Beach, Florida. Earlier in the day, local police reported a “suicidal individual” who may have been traveling to Washington, D.C., from Indiana to the Secret Service, the agency said. The US Secret Service has shot an armed man directly outside the White House grounds. Shortly after midnight, a “armed confrontation” occurred directly outside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in the White House's West Wing.The bulletin warned about a 27-year-old Indiana man named Andrew Dawson with a last known address in the town of North Manchester, The New York Times reports. The individual was armed with a BB gun, according to the alert.
Secret Service agents saw the man in the warning’s vehicle parked near 17th and F streets, NW, before they spotted an individual matching police’s description nearby. An armed encounter followed near 17th and G Streets, a spokesperson for the agency said.During the confrontation, the man pointed a gun at himself and then turned it towards the Secret Service officers, law enforcement sources told CNN.
The individual ignored demands to drop his weapon and the officers opened fire.
The man was taken to the hospital. His condition was not immediately known.As officers approached, the individual brandished a firearm, and an armed confrontation ensued, during which shots were fired by our personnel,” Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said on X (Twitter).
No Secret Service personnel were injured in the incident, which is now under investigation by the DC Metropolitan Police Department.
The Independent has contacted the Metropolitan Police and Secret Service for additional comment.
Agents found another weapon in the man’s car, CNN reports.Washington’s Metropolitan Police said investigators from its internal affairs division were looking into the incident but declined further comment when contacted by Reuters.
There have been a series of incidents involving armed men being shot by security officers on or near the White House grounds over the years, including the 2016 shooting of a man who brandished a handgun at a White House security gate.
In May 2023, a 20-year-old Indian immigrant named Sai Varshith Kandula unsuccessfully tried to break through the White House’s protective barriers in a rented U-Haul truck.
Trump himself narrowly survived an assassination attempt in July, when a gunman fired at him during a rally in Butler, Pennsylvania, wounding his ear.
In September, a second attempt on his life was thwarted when a potential shooter was spotted hiding outside Trump’s golf club in West Palm Beach, Florida.
Florida police arrested a man last who allegedly claimed he wanted to assassinate Donald Trump and had control of missiles pointed at New York City, including Trump Tower.
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