New Delhi, March 10 -- A gunman who was shot near the White House after an armed confrontation with Secret Service agents has been identified as Andrew Dawson, a 27-year-old man from North Manchester, Indiana, as per a report in The New York Post. The confrontation took place just after midnight on Sunday, one block from the West Wing. According to police sources, Dawson was armed with both a knife and a firearm when Secret Service agents confronted him near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

Authorities believe Dawson had driven to the Washington DC area with suicidal intentions and may have been seeking "suicide by cop." Intelligence provided by Indiana police indicated Dawson's state of mind leading up to the incident. He was r...