India, March 9 -- Secret Service officers discovered a gunman with a weapon near the White House on Saturday. The agents shot the suspect as he was brandishing a gun and entered in an armed confrontation with them.

The armed Indiana man parked his vehicle outside the President's residence on 17th and G Streets and proceeded to wander the streets brandishing a gun.

The incident came after the Secret Service agents were informed that the man in question, who was reportedly having suicidal thoughts, would be traveling to the Capitol on Saturday.

President Trump was not present in the White House during the incident. He was at his Mar-a-Lago residence in Florida.

After receiving the information, agents found the suicidal man flashing his ...