A gunman who fired at a White House checkpoint ‌was shot by officers and died after being taken to the hospital on Saturday evening, the Secret Service said.

The man approached the ​checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue near the ​White House, pulled a gun out of his bag ⁠and started shooting at officers, according to a Secret ​Service statement sent to Reuters. The agency said officers returned fire and shot ​the suspect.

A bystander was struck by gunfire, the statement read, but it did not make clear how badly the person ​was hurt.

Another Secret Service statement, cited by multiple news ​outlets, said it was not clear whether the bystander was hit when ‌the ⁠gunman began shooting or during the subsequent exchange of gunfire.

Identity of the shooter

The shooting suspect was identified as an emotionally disturbed person, a law enforcement official told Reuters, adding that a “stay-away order” had ​been issued ​to him previously.

No ⁠law enforcement personnel were injured, the Secret Service said, adding that President Donald Trump was ​at the White House during the incident.

The ​shooting comes ⁠nearly a month after a gunman fired shots inside the hotel hosting the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner, prompting Trump and ⁠other officials ​to be rushed out.

Washington hotel shooting incident

The shooting came weeks after a man was arrested after shots were fired inside the hotel where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was being held.

The 31-year-old person of interest was named by law enforcement officials as Cole Tomas Allen, who described himself as a mechanical engineer, game developer and teacher, and is from Torrance in the Los Angeles region of California.

Police said Allen exchanged fire with security agents on a level of the Washington Hilton hotel that was one floor above the room in which Trump had gathered with members of his cabinet and journalists.

After he was detained, Allen told officials he wanted to shoot officials in the Trump administration, two sources told CBS, the BBC’s US news partner.

Allen was a guest at the Washington Hilton hotel where the correspondents’ dinner was taking place, said Washington interim police chief Jeffery Carroll.

Carroll added that the suspect had been armed “armed with a shotgun, a handgun, and multiple knives” during Saturday’s incident.

“At this point, it does appear he is a lone actor, a lone gunman,” the police chief said.