The Secret Service said agents shot a man Monday near the White House who is alleged to have opened fire after he was confronted by authorities.

Axar.az reports, citing NBC news, Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn told reporters that the man, described as a “suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm,” was spotted around 3:30 p.m. ET by plainclothes officers who alerted uniformed officers to apprehend him.

The man is alleged to have run away and brandished a firearm, which Quinn said he fired in the direction of Secret Service agents who returned fire. The man, whose name was not released, was taken to a hospital. Quinn said he did not know his condition.

Quinn added that a bystander, who he said is a minor, was hit by gunfire and taken to a hospital with non-life-threatening injuries. Asked whether the bystander had been definitively hit by any gunfire from the gunman, Quinn said that he could not say and that he would instead "let the doctors figure that out."

"But everything I've seen leads me to believe, and the investigators believe, he was struck by the suspect," Quinn added.