A Secret Service officer, Arthur Baldwin, was shot and killed Tuesday in what police say may have been an attempted robbery, NBC Washington reports. Baldwin was most recently assigned to the White House, but had been placed on administrative leave after he was accused of breaking into his ex-girlfriend’s house.

From NBC Washington:

Police are looking for three people in connection with Baldwin’s killing. Earlier Wednesday, they said they were also looking for a silver or gray car, but that car turned out to be the victim’s car, they said.

Baldwin, known as A.J., had a wife and three children, and had been at the Secret Service for eight years. A Secret Service spokesperson said the agency is aware of Baldwin’s death.

“We express our condolences to the family of our employee,” the spokesperson said.

On Tuesday, before he was killed, Baldwin had appeared in court on a destruction of property charge. An earlier burglary charge in connection with the April incident had been dismissed.

According to the Washington Post, Assistant D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said Baldwin was shot several times “in broad daylight,” in an area of southwest Washington, between Bellevue and Washington Highlands. He died at a hospital.

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