The man who was shot by Secret Service just after midnight today has just been identified as 27-year-old Andrew Dawson from Indiana.
Dawson was armed with a knife and gun when Secret Service confronted him. After refusing to drop his weapons, he was shot multiple times by agents.
Authorities are saying that Dawson intended to commit ‘suicide by cop’ when he traveled to Washington, D.C.
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Indiana police had informed D.C. law enforcement that Dawson was suicidal and traveling to the area.
Here’s what we know:
❗️🇺🇲 – U.S. Secret Service officers shot 27-year-old Andrew Dawson from Indiana outside the White House, a block from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.
The incident followed a tip from local law enforcement about a potentially suicidal individual
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