An armed adult man was shot by US Secret Service personnel on Sunday morning outside the White House, the agency announced shortly after the incident.

The U.S. Secret Service shot an armed man outside the White House early on Sunday after a confrontation, and the man is now in an area hospital, it said in a statement. President Donald Trump was not in the White House at the time,

A man brandished a firearm near the White House, leading to an "armed confrontation," the Secret Service said in a statement.