India, March 9 -- US Secret Service agents shot an Indiana man early on Sunday after he entered into an armed altercation with police close to the White House.

"Secret Service personnel were involved in a shooting following an armed encounter with a person of interest shortly after midnight on March 9 at 17th and G Streets NW," Anthony Guglielmi, a spokesperson of Secret Service spokesperson, wrote on X.

In a statement, the agency said on Sunday that officers were notified on Saturday "of a potential threat involving a suicidal individual traveling from Indiana to Washington, D.C."

Officers found the suspect's parked car close to the White House perimeter, at 17th and F Streets, around midnight, and subsequently saw a person walking wh...