Numerous gunshots were heard outside the White House on Saturday evening, US media confirmed.
ABC News reported that the White House North Lawn had been cleared by Secret Service, and that reporters had been told to “sprint into the White House Press Briefing Room.”
The Secret Service Office of Communications announced on X/Twitter that there had been “reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW,” and that the agency was “working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground.”
FBI Director Kash Patel stated that the FBI was on the scene assisting the Secret Service.
Reporters on social media claimed to have heard between 20-30 shots.
This is a developing story.
