Shots were fired near the White House on Saturday, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed, while President Trump was inside the building.
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Secret Service officers immediately locked down the press briefing room, preventing journalists from leaving.
The Secret Service said on X it was “aware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW” and was “working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground.” That intersection is one block from the White House.
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Patel said in a social media post that officers were responding and pledged to “update the public as we’re able.” There were no immediate reports of injuries.
CBS News reported that two peoples have been wounded.
ABC News Senior White House Correspondent Selina Wang was recording a video from the White House North Lawn when the shots rang out.
“It sounded like dozens of gunshots,” Wang wrote in a post to X. “We were told to sprint to the press briefing room where we are holding now.”
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The lockdown has been lifted, and the press is allowed back in the lawn, CBS reports.
This is a developing story.
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