NORTH MANCHESTER, Ind. (WISH) — Andrew Dawson, 27, has been identified as the man shot by U.S. Secret Service in Washington, D.C., on Sunday morning.

According to the Secret Service, the North Manchester Police Department tipped them off that Dawson was suicidal and was making his way to Washington.

I-Team 8 went North Manchester on Monday and spoke with people at several local businesses. Nobody he spoke with knew Dawson.

The Secret Service found Dawson’s car and someone matching his description about a block away from the White House.

President Donald Trump was not there when the shooting happened.

Chief Michael Buck of the Secret Service uniformed division said, “As officers approached, uh, the individual branded a firearm, at which time an armed encounter ensued and Secret Service personnel discharged their service weapons.”

According to the Secret Service, Dawson was hit and taken to the hospital.

The Metropolitan Police Department in D.C. told I-Team 8 was arrested and charged with carrying a pistol without a license, carrying a rifle or shotgun outside a home or business, and possession of prohibited weapon (possession of a BB gun).

Prosecutors in Wabash County, where North Manchester is located, told I-Team 8 they did not show a criminal history for anyone by Dawson’s name in the county.

Nobody named Andrew Dawson has served time in the Indiana Department of Correction.

I-Team 8 spoke with the chief of the North Manchester Police Department to find out how they knew Dawson was heading to Washington. The chief told I-Team 8 that the Secret Service instructed him to not give out any information about the situation and that all of the information about the case had to come from the Secret Service.

Mental health resources

• Be Well Indiana
• Indiana Suicide Prevention
• Indiana Department of Child Services’ Children’s Mental Health Initiative
• National Suicide and Crisis Lifeline: 988 or 800-273-8255
• More resources