WASHINGTON: A gunman who opened fire on Secret Service officers outside the White House on Saturday evening has died after being shot, the agency said in a statement provided to US media.&nbsp; Secret Service police officers returned fire, striking the suspect, who was transported to an area hospital, where he later died. A bystander was also shot during the exchange of fire, the agency said, without providing the victim&#39;s condition. Police and security forces swarmed the White House on Saturday evening after shots were fired at a security checkpoint near the White House. US President Donald Trump was at the White House at the time as he worked to negotiate a deal with Iran. Canadian tourist Reid Adrian told AFP he was in the area when &quot;we heard probably 20 to 25 what sounded like fireworks, but they&#39;re gunshots, and then everyone started running.&quot; Journalists who were on the White House North Lawn at the time said on X that they were ordered to run and shelter in the press briefing room. ABC News correspondent Selina Wang had been recording a video for social media when the apparent gunfire broke out, capturing the sounds of the shots as she dove to the ground. &quot;It sounded like dozens of gunshots,&quot; she said on X. Police cordoned off access to the White House and National Guard troops blocked an AFP reporter from entering the area in downtown Washington. &quot;FBI is on the scene and supporting Secret Service responding to shots fired near White House grounds,&quot; FBI Director Kash Patel said on X. Trump, 79, has been the target of three alleged assassination attempts, the most recent of which took place on April 25 when an armed man stormed a security checkpoint near the ballroom where Trump was attending a media gala.

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Police swarm White House after reports of shots fired Saturday evening, with access blocked and journalists ordered to take shelter as security forces cordon off the area during the incident.

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ISLAMABAD: Pakistan on Wednesday condemned the terrorist shooting near the White House that critically wounded two US National Guard members, with Interior Minister Mohsin Naqvi expressing &ldquo;deep shock&rdquo; and reaffirming Islamabad&rsquo;s solidarity with Washington. In a statement on social media platform X, Naqvi said he was &ldquo;deeply shocked by the terrorist shooting near the White House that wounded two US National Guard members.&rdquo; He added, &ldquo;I am praying for them and all those affected,&rdquo; while noting that Pakistan stands &ldquo;in solidarity with the United States against terrorism.&rdquo; The message was also conveyed to US Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem and US Charg&eacute; d&rsquo;Affaires Natalie A. Baker, according to the minister. Earlier in Washington, President Donald Trump said the suspect in custody was &ldquo;an Afghan man who fled the Taliban,&rdquo; calling the attack &ldquo;an act of terror.&rdquo; Briefing reporters, Trump said the individual was &ldquo;a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on Earth,&rdquo; adding that he was flown in &ldquo;by the Biden administration in September 2021, on those infamous flights that everybody was talking about.&rdquo; Calling the shooting &ldquo;an act of evil, an act of hatred and an act of terror,&rdquo; Trump said the attack was &ldquo;a crime against our entire nation.&rdquo; Before the media briefing, the president posted an update on Truth Social, writing: &ldquo;The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen&hellip; will pay a very steep price.&rdquo; Following the incident, US Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth announced the deployment of 500 additional troops to Washington, bringing the total number of personnel in the capital to 2,500. The two National Guard members remain critically wounded in separate hospitals as investigations continue.

Interior Ministry Mohsin Naqvi says “deeply shocked by the terrorist shooting near the White House that wounded two US National Guard members.”

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Gunman killed after opening fire outside White House

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Gunman killed after opening fire outside White House