Washington, March 9 -- Secret Service agents shot a man during an armed confrontation, who brandished a firearm near the White House early Sunday morning, Fox News reported citing the agency statement.

The incident occurred just after midnight on the west side of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, about a block away from the White House.

Secret Service said that earlier on Saturday, police shared information about a suicidal individual who may have been travelling to Washington, D.C, from Indiana, as per Fox News.

Secret Service agents found the man's parked car near 17th and F Streets, NW. As they approached him, the man brandished a firearm, leading to an armed confrontation where Secret Service agents shot him.

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