Secret Service Shoots and Wounds Armed Man Near Washington Monument
The New York Times • • general
Key Points:
- The Secret Service shot and wounded an armed man near the White House on Monday afternoon, with a burst of gunfire also grazing a 15-year-old bystander in a crowded pedestrian area.
- Officials stated there was no indication the armed man was targeting anyone in the executive complex, and President Trump was not in danger during the incident.
- A motorcade carrying Vice President JD Vance had recently passed through the area, a common route for official vehicles and tourists visiting the Washington Monument.
- The armed man was taken to a hospital with multiple gunshot wounds, and a firearm was recovered at the scene; the condition of the 15-year-old boy, who sustained a non-life-threatening wound, is stable.
- No law enforcement officers were injured, and investigators are still determining whether the boy was shot by the gunman.
