An armed man was shot and wounded by members of the U.S. Secret Service during a shootout early Sunday, authorities said. The man, who had traveled to Washington, D.C. from Indiana and was described as a “suicidal individual” in a statement by the Secret Service,

An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot near the White House by U.S. Secret Service agents after a confrontation early Sunday.

The incident took place just after midnight, about a block west of the White House near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The U.S. Secret Service shot a man close to the White House in Washington, D.C. overnight on Sunday in an “armed confrontation," the agency said. The agency said local police had reported that a “suicidal individual” was potentially traveling to the D.

The U.S. Secret Service shot an armed man outside the White House early on Sunday after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it said in a statement.

An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot near the White House by U.S. Secret Service agents after a confrontation early Sunday.

Secret Service personnel shot an armed man near the White House early Sunday, hours after obtaining information that a suicidal man might be traveling to Washington, D.C., from Indiana, authorities said.

A man brandished a firearm near the White House, leading to an "armed confrontation," the Secret Service said in a statement.

An armed man believed to be traveling from Indiana was shot by U.S. Secret Service agents near the White House after a confrontation early Sunday, according to authorities.

The Secret Service says no one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House.