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Ashland gunman remains critical

WASHINGTON - A man shot by a U.S. Secret Service officer outside the White House remained in critical condition in a Washington hospital, a hospital spokeswoman said.

George Washington University Hospital spokeswoman Susan Griffiths would provide only his condition Saturday, one day after the shooting. She referred other questions to the Secret Service, but a spokesman for that agency, Robert Hoback, declined to discuss the case, citing the continuing investigation.Ashland area residents are expressing shock and disbelief after learning that a young man from their community was shot by Secret Service on Friday after taking a gun near a White House checkpoint at E Street, according to police.Jesse Oliveri of Butler Township was taken into custody and treated for a gunshot wound to the abdomen after the 3 p.m. incident.Secret Service Deputy Assistant Director David Iacovetti said Friday that one of the agency's officers shot the man once after he approached a checkpoint at about 3 p.m. and refused repeated commands to drop his weapon.Iacovetti said the gunman never made it inside the White House complex, and no one else was injured.The Metropolitan Police Department, the Secret Service, Park Police and the FBI said in a joint statement Friday night that there was "no known nexus to terrorism."Messages left at a home telephone number for Oliveri in Ashland weren't returned.Oliveri had attended North Schuylkill Junior-Senior High School.Schuylkill County Courthouse records indicate the Oliveri family has owned the wood frame house at 119 Malones Road in Butler Township since 1974.Many took to social media to express their surprise, posting comments on the Facebook page of Skook News, a popular online forum serving residents of Schuylkill County."I went to high school with him," posted Jennifer English, a graduate of North Schuylkill High School."I know Jesse … wow," posted Greg Klock. "I went to school with him and his bro."Court records show that Oliveri, 31, had just one recorded run-in with police in Schuylkill County, Pennsylvania, resulting in a 2004 guilty plea to careless driving.Ashland, founded 1820, is located in northern Schuylkill County, 25 miles west of Tamaqua, and has a population of 2,817.The Associated Press contributed to this report.

Law enforcement personnel stand along Pennsylvania Avenue in front of the North Lawn of the White House in Washington on Friday, after the White House was placed on a security alert. A uniformed Secret Service officer shot a man who drew a weapon just outside the White House on Friday afternoon, a U.S. law enforcement official said. AP PHOTO/ANDREW HARNIK Copyright - Copyright 2016 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten or redistribu