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. Officers returned fire and shot ​the suspect, the agency said.

A bystander was struck by gunfire, the statement said, 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.

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.

An explosion at a dry dock in New York City’s Staten Island killed one ​person and injured 36 others on Friday, ‌as the blast occurred while firefighters were on the scene responding to a fire and attempting to rescue ​two people who were trapped, officials said.

Two ​firefighters were hospitalized, including a fire marshal who ⁠suffered a fractured temple and a brain ​bleed and was intubated, officials said. The other ​firefighter was in serious condition but had shown improvement, officials said, Reuters reported.

“This was a complex, fast-developing emergency situation,” New York Mayor ​Zohran Mamdani told reporters.

“First responders did what they ​always do: they ran towards danger so others could escape ‌to ⁠safety.”

Officials did not provide details about the person who died except to say it was a civilian.

A comprehensive investigation would begin once the fire ​was completely ​extinguished, Mamdani ⁠said.

Firefighters had responded to reports of a fire in a basement and ​two workers trapped and were on ​scene when ⁠the explosion occurred, officials said.

The incident took place in the Richmond Terrace section of the borough of ⁠Staten ​Island, a part of New ​York City that is across the harbor from Manhattan.

The United States will be sending an additional 5,000 troops ​to Poland, U.S. President Donald Trump said on ‌Thursday.

Trump, in a Truth Social post, cited his relationship with Poland’s conservative nationalist president, Karol Nawrocki, as the reason behind his decision ​to send additional troops.

The announcement comes two days ​after U.S. Vice President JD Vance told reporters a ⁠U.S. troop deployment to Poland had been delayed.

The U.S. ​had been reviewing its troop presence in Europe and had ​long been expected to scale it back following demands from Trump that NATO take a larger role in the defense of Europe.

“Based ​on the successful Election of the now President of ​Poland, Karol Nawrocki, who I was proud to Endorse, and our relationship ‌with ⁠him, I am pleased to announce that the United States will be sending an additional 5,000 Troops to Poland,” Trump said in the post.

Trump hosted Nawrocki at the White ​House in May ​last year ⁠and backed him at a crucial moment ahead of the Polish election in which Nawrocki ​went on to defeat the candidate of Polish ​Prime ⁠Minister Donald Tusk’s pro-European, centrist party.

He met Nawrocki again at the White House in September, and said at the time that ⁠the ​U.S. could increase its troop presence ​in Poland and pledged to secure the country’s defense.