Daily Mail: Trump is abruptly escorted from briefing room after Secret Service agent shoots a 51-year-old man outside the White House who 'charged at him and told him he was armed'
* President Donald Trump was briefly escorted from his press conference on Monday due to a shooting outside
* Secret Service agent was seen entering room and whispering into Trump's ear before leading him out of room
* In an update Monday night, the Secret Service said an agent shot a 51-year-old man outside the White House
* Agency said man approached an agent around 5.53pm at corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW
* Suspect told officer that he had a weapon, turned around and ran aggressively towards officer, Secret Service says
* The suspect made a drawing motion and 'withdrew an object from his clothing' before office shot him in torso
* Both officer and the man were taken to hospitals; no other details about the man's condition were released
* The president thanked the Secret Service for keeping him safe with their 'quick and very effective work'
President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from his press conference on Monday less than five minutes after it began after a Secret Service agent shot a 51-year-old man who 'aggressively' approached the officer and said he had a weapon outside the White House.
In a update released Monday night, the Secret Service said the man approached an agent around 5.53pm at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW near the White House complex.
'The suspect approached the officer and told the officer he had a weapon,' the statement reads. 'The suspect then turned around, ran aggressively towards the officer, and in a drawing motion, withdrew an object from his clothing.'
The agency said the man then 'crouched into a shooter's stance as if about to fire a weapon'.
'The Secret Service officer discharged his weapon, striking the individual in the torso,' the update reads.
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