Secret Service kills gunman near White House checkpoint (opens in new tab)

U.S. Secret Service officers shot and killed an armed man after he opened fire at a White House checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington around 6 p.m. Saturday, the agency said; a bystander was also struck by gunfire, and officials had not immediately said how the bystander was hit. President Trump was inside the White House at the time, and the White House went into a temporary lockdown that was later lifted. The Secret Service said the unidentified man walked up ...