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<p>WASHINGTON &#8212; A U.S. Secret Service officer shot a man with a gun who approached a checkpoint outside the White House on Friday afternoon and refused to drop his weapon, the Secret Service said.</p><p>The White House was briefly placed on a security alert after the shooting, which happened within view of sightseers as sidewalks were crowded with families, school groups and government workers.</p><p>The armed man approached the checkpoint on E Street shortly after 3 p.m., and the officer repeatedly ordered the man to drop his gun, but the man ignored those commands, according to a statement from David Iacovetti, a Secret Service deputy assistant director.</p><p>The officer fired one shot at the man, who was taken to a hospital for treatment, and the gun was recovered at the scene, Iacovetti said.</p><p>The man was in critical condition when he was transported, a D.C. Fire and EMS spokesman said.</p><p>President Barack Obama was away playing golf at the time, but Vice President Joe Biden was in the White House complex and was secured during the lockdown, his office said. The lockdown was lifted about an hour after the shooting.</p><p>The gunman never made it inside the White House complex, and no one else was injured, the Secret Service said.</p><p>Sightseer Jenna Noelle of Austin, Texas, said she had just taken a photo of the White House when she noticed a man harassing an agent.</p><p>Then, &#8220;as we were walking away we heard a shot fired, then some people started running away and agents had guns and were evacuating people.&#8221;</p><p>&#8220;I had a panic attack,&#8221; she added. &#8220;I&#8217;m doing OK now, but it was pretty freaky to be right there a second before it happened. Not really the experience we wanted,&#8221; she added.</p><p>Community activist Akil Patterson said he heard a single gunshot while waiting in a security line. Within seconds, a security guard shouted to drop to the ground, and then he was evacuated to the street.</p><p>Patterson said he was at the White House to get a presidential award for his work with Baltimore teens.</p><p>He says his community work aims to &#8220;get rid of the notion that gun violence is the answer.&#8221;</p><p>___</p><p>Associated Press writer Kathleen Hennessey in Washington contributed to this report.</p><p>___</p><p>Follow Ben Nuckols on Twitter at https://twitter.com/APBenNuckols . His work can be found at http://bigstory.ap.org/content/ben-nuckols.</p><style>
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<div class="neCaption">Secret Service agents stand near the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 20, 2016, after the White House is placed on lockdown for a shooting nearby. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo0>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_White-House-Shooting-1-1.jpg</photo0><caption0>Secret Service agents stand near the North Lawn of the White House in Washington, Friday, May 20, 2016, after the White House is placed on lockdown for a shooting nearby. </caption0><photoCredit0>Andrew Harnik | AP </photoCredit0></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_White-House-Shooting-2-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Secret Service Police Officers tell pedestrians to get back on State Place Northwest near the White House in Washington, Friday, May 20, 2016, after the White House was placed on a security alert after a shooting on a street outside. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo1>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_White-House-Shooting-2-1.jpg</photo1><caption1>Secret Service Police Officers tell pedestrians to get back on State Place Northwest near the White House in Washington, Friday, May 20, 2016, after the White House was placed on a security alert after a shooting on a street outside. </caption1><photoCredit1>Jacquelyn Martin | AP </photoCredit1></div><div class="neFile"><img class="neImage" src="https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_Shooting-White-House-top-1.jpg">
<div class="neCaption">Law enforcement personnel stand near the Ellipse south of the White House on Constitution Avenue, Friday, May 20, 2016 in Washington. A uniformed Secret Service officer shot a person who drew a weapon just outside the White House Friday afternoon, a U.S. law enforcement official said. </div></div><div class="metaInfo"><photo2>https://www.timesleader.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/web1_Shooting-White-House-top-1.jpg</photo2><caption2>Law enforcement personnel stand near the Ellipse south of the White House on Constitution Avenue, Friday, May 20, 2016 in Washington. A uniformed Secret Service officer shot a person who drew a weapon just outside the White House Friday afternoon, a U.S. law enforcement official said. </caption2><photoCredit2>Jacquelyn Martin | AP </photoCredit2></div></div>
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Secret Service agent shoots armed man outside White House