President Donald Trump was rushed out of the White House briefing room Monday evening and later said the Secret Service had shot someone nearby.
After …
President Donald Trump was rushed out of the White House briefing room Monday evening and later said the Secret Service had shot someone nearby. After he returned to continue his coronavirus response briefing, Trump said he had been taken to the Oval Office by the Secret Service and told reporters that law enforcement had shot someone outside the White House. «There was a shooting, law enforcement shot someone, seems to be someone, and the suspect is on the way to the hospital,» Trump said as the briefing restarted following the sudden, but brief, lockdown. A senior official told ABC News Chief White House Correspondent Jonathan Karl the shooting happened on 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. The suspect opened fired on a non-White House employee and a Uniformed Secret Service officer returned fire, according to the official.
