Man shoots himself outside White House, Secret Service says

• DC police: ‘Adult male has been declared deceased’
• Donald Trump not in residence at time of incident

Martin Pengelly
Sat 3 Mar 2018 19.14 GMT First published on Sat 3 Mar 2018 17.34 GMT

A man shot himself in front of the White House on Saturday, the Secret Service said, adding that no other injuries were reported.

The Washington DC police department said: “Adult male has been declared deceased. We are working to notify next of kin.”

Donald Trump was not in residence at the time of the incident. The president was in Florida, staying at his Mar-a-Lago property. He spent the morning at one of his golf courses in the state.

The Secret Service initially said on Twitter personnel were “responding to reports of a person who allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound along the north fence line of [the White House]”

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