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A shooting at 15th Street and Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C., triggered an immediate lockdown of the White House on Monday.
Journalists at the scene reported that the shooting happened just before President Donald Trump’s press conference.
Susan Crabtree, a journalist at RealClearPolitics, said secret service uniformed division officers shot a man who they thought might have a gun at the White House before the press conference.
“When the @SecretService officers confronted the man, it went sideways, and they ended up shooting him,” Crabtree wrote on X.
The US secret service confirmed that the shooting involved an officer.
“One individual was shot by law enforcement; their condition is currently unknown. Please avoid the area as emergency crews are responding,” the secret service said in a statement.
