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A man fired shots at a White House checkpoint and was killed by Secret Service officers. A bystander was also injured. The White House was briefly locked down.
Police and security forces responded to shots fired near the White House on Saturday evening. A suspect, identified as an emotionally disturbed person with a previous stay-away order, approached a checkpoint and fired at officers before being subdued and transported to a hospital. President Trump was at the White House during the incident.
