A gunman opened fire on Secret Service officers at a checkpoint just steps from the White House on Saturday evening while President Trump was inside the building.
The suspect approached the checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, shortly after 6 p.m. ET.
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According to the Secret Service’s preliminary account, the individual removed a weapon from a bag and began firing at posted officers.
Officers returned fire and struck the suspect, who was transported to a local hospital where he later died.
The story started circulating fast on social media as the White House went into lockdown:
BREAKING
: Two people, including a possible suspect, were wounded in a shooting outside the White House at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building Saturday evening, law enforcement sources told CBS News.
Sources said the suspect… pic.twitter.com/FJ6mcNocSf
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