President Trump was in Florida at the time of the episode, during which a 27-year-old man held a gun and a confrontation ensued, the agency said.

Secret Service personnel shot early Sunday a man who brandished a firearm leading to an "armed confrontation" near the White House, Secret Service said in a statement. The man was taken to a local hospital and his condition is unknown,

No one else was injured in the shooting that happened around midnight about a block from the White House, according to a Secret Service statement.