A gunman shot near the White House after an armed confrontation with Secret Service agents has been identified as an Indiana man who was already on local cops’ radar.
Andrew Dawson, 27, was armed with a knife and a gun when he was confronted by agents just after midnight on Sunday, one block from the West Wing, police sources told The Post.
Dawson, from North Manchester, Indiana — about 100 miles north of Indianapolis, was “suicidal” when he drove to the Washington DC area, according to intelligence given by Indiana cops, sources said.
Authorities believe he wanted to commit “suicide by cop.”
He was shot close to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building after agents investigating an alert confronted him.
Dawson has one previous arrest for possession of marijuana and drug paraphernalia in 2018, but no other criminal record, according to Indiana court records.
He was rushed to hospital in DC where his condition is still unknown.
President Trump was at his Mar-a-Lago property in Florida at the time of the shooting and not at the White House.
This is a developing story. Check back for more information.
