Update: According to CNBC the lockdown has been lifted. This video clip also includes an eyewitness description of what happened:
BREAKING: White House lockdown lifted after shooting nearby; eyewitness describes the scene. https://t.co/VGSqEAh7oGhttps://t.co/D447b04KI1
— CNBC Now (@CNBCnow) May 20, 2016
[End of update.]
Reports are just starting to come in on Twitter:
Shooting near the White House involving a uniformed Secret Service agent has the mansion on lockdown per @BennettJohnT @CQnow
— Adriel Bettelheim (@abettel) May 20, 2016
Security alert at WH. Armed Secret Service on WH roof. pic.twitter.com/Rt5LiAeHC3
— Mark Knoller (@markknoller) May 20, 2016
#BREAKING Some sort of incident happening near the White House. WH security increased. This pic taken moments ago pic.twitter.com/Krct0KoPFX
— John Zuchelli (@tvzuke) May 20, 2016
Shooting on W. Executive Dr. PIO en route to 17th and Pennsylvania
— USPPNEWS (@usparkpolicepio) May 20, 2016
#BREAKING Shooting reported near the White House. Colleague Leland Vittert rpts USSS ran thu Lafayette Park w/guns drawn. Helos overhead
— Chad Pergram (@ChadPergram) May 20, 2016
The President is not at the White House (he was apparently off playing golf). However it seems VP Biden was there:
VP Biden is “within the complex” at the White House but is “secure” – after shooting incident near White House – @jparkABC
— Heidi Jensen (@HeidiJensenABC) May 20, 2016
The White House press corps was also there when the shooting took place. Cheryl Bolen is a White House reporter for Bloomberg:
I'm at the WH and Secret Service is running around outside looking very serious-we're in lockdown now
— Cheryl Bolen Smelson (@cherylbolen) May 20, 2016
All I saw before being told to go back into briefing room were agents on the roof with really big guns.
— Cheryl Bolen Smelson (@cherylbolen) May 20, 2016
We've just been asked to go downstairs to #WHbasement to 'shelter in place.'
— Cheryl Bolen Smelson (@cherylbolen) May 20, 2016
One person has been shot and transported to the hospital:
UPDATE: Shooting at 17th and E Sts NW – 1pt transported with critical injuries to a local hospital #dctraffic
— DC Fire and EMS (@dcfireems) May 20, 2016
Secret Service agents shot an armed man at a White House checkpoint. Building is on lockdown. Obama is not there. https://t.co/VCnaNRNSXR
— Liam Stack (@liamstack) May 20, 2016
This brief clip from CBS News gives an idea of where the shooting took place relative to the White House:
MORE: Details revealed on reported shooting near @WhiteHouse; police patrolling grounds https://t.co/aDIOTPJg6X https://t.co/BeORXUkZ3y
— CBSN (@CBSNLive) May 20, 2016
#WhiteHouse shooting Suspect "brandished" weapon on 17th & E NW checkpoint. Security engaged him, shot in abdomen, in custody. (CNN)
— Joyce Karam (@Joyce_Karam) May 20, 2016
A look at the partial lockdown outside the White House after reports of a shooting near the building pic.twitter.com/fyX2wDVcjP
— Mark Meredith (@markpmeredith) May 20, 2016
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