UPDATE 2-Suspect dies after trading gunfire with officers near White House, Secret Service says

Officers returned fire and shot the suspect, the agency said. A bystander was ⁠also ​struck by gunfire, ⁠but it was not clear how badly the person was hurt, according ⁠to a separate Secret Service statement cited by multiple news outlets.

‌Officers shot ​a suspect who fired at a White House checkpoint on Saturday evening, who then ‌died after being taken to the hospital, the Secret Service said. A person approached the checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue near the ‌White House, pulled a gun out of his bag and started ‌shooting at officers, according to a Secret Service statement posted on social media. Officers returned fire and shot the suspect, the agency said.

A bystander was ⁠also ​struck by gunfire, ⁠but it was not clear how badly the person was hurt, according ⁠to a separate Secret Service statement cited by multiple news outlets. The ​statement said it was not clear who fired the shot that ⁠hit the bystander. The shooting suspect was identified as an emotionally disturbed person, a law ⁠enforcement ​official told Reuters, adding that a "stay-away order" had been issued to him previously.

No law enforcement personnel were injured, the Secret Service ⁠said. President Donald Trump was at the White House during the incident, ⁠the Secret ⁠Service said.