Williams Fenit Nirappil The Washington Post

A Secret Service agent shot and critically wounded a man outside the White House on Friday afternoon after he approached a guard booth carrying a small, silver pistol and refused to put it down, according to law enforcement officials.

A Secret Service agent shot and critically wounded a man outside the White House on Friday afternoon after he approached a guard booth carrying a small, silver pistol and refused to put it down, according to law enforcement officials.