Two wounded in Secret Service shooting near White House

Two people were shot and wounded by US Secret Service agents near the White House, which was briefly locked down this morning due to nearby gunfire.

A law enforcement official told CNN that Secret Service Uniformed Division agents responded to a report of a person firing a weapon when the incident occurred.

Trump is currently staying in the White House, which was briefly locked down.

That lockdown has now been lifted, reports CNN

“I was using my iPhone to record a social video from the White House North Lawn when we heard the shots,” ABC US reporter Selina Wang wrote on X.

“It sounded like dozens of gunshots. We were told to sprint to the press conference room where we are now holding.”

A Secret Service official told CNN that the agency was investigating reports of shots fired at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, just outside the White House complex.

Secret Service agents with rifles could be seen roaming the North Lawn area after the incident, blocking the White House press conference room.

The Secret Service said it was “aware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW” — one block from the White House — and was “working to confirm the information with personnel on the ground.”

In a post on social media, FBI Director Kash Patel said agents responded to shots fired and said he would “inform the public if we can.”

The lockdown comes a month after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where reporters and Trump administration officials took cover as shots rang out.

The shooting suspect, Cole Tomas Allen, sprinted through a security checkpoint with a shotgun in hand and exchanged fire with Secret Service agents pursuing him, security footage shows.

He has denied guilty of attempting to assassinate Trump and other charges.

– with CNN and Associated Press