Police shot a man at the obelisk in Washington

Near the center of Washington, there was an incident in which members of the US Secret Service used firearms. Due to the shooting in the immediate vicinity of the obelisk, the security services briefly closed the area around the White House and introduced strict measures. According to official information, one person was wounded during the intervention of the police, but there is no information about his health condition yet. The incident happened at the intersection of 15th Street and Independence Avenue, where numerous emergency services immediately arrived.