India, March 10 -- The United States Secret Service critically injured a man in Washington, D.C., near the White House on Sunday morning following an "armed confrontation."

The individual, later identified as, Andrew Dawson, a 27-year-old Indiana resident, had already been on the radar of local law enforcement before the shootout.

Dawson was carrying both a knife and a firearm when he was confronted by Secret Service agents just after midnight, just one block away from the West Wing, per New York Post.

Dawson, a resident of North Manchester, Indiana-located approximately 100 miles north of Indianapolis-was described as being "suicidal" before travelling to the Washington, D.C., area, based on intelligence provided by Indiana authoritie...