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Secret Service confirms one of the alleged shooters Shooting a Secret Service Agent The White House neighborhood is dead.
An agency spokesperson also announced on Saturday, May 23, that a bystander was injured during the violence and was in critical condition. The unnamed suspected gunman allegedly opened fire at a Secret Service checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington, D.C., but no agents were injured.
“Shortly after 6 p.m. Saturday, an individual near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue pulled a weapon from a bag and began shooting,” Secret Service Communications Director Anthony Guglielmi Tell US Weekly Saturday. “SWAT officers returned fire, striking the suspect, who was transported to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead. A bystander was also struck by gunfire during the shooting.”
The statement concluded: “No one was injured. The President (Donald Trump) were at the White House during the incident, but no protected personnel or operations were affected. The incident remains under investigation and more information will be released as it becomes available. “
Shocking new video footage shows the gunfire that rang out at last weekend’s White House Correspondents’ Dinner. On Thursday, April 30, U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro released what appeared to be security camera footage of the shooting via X . Shooting suspect Cole Tomas Allen allegedly may have been (…)
CNN reported that investigators matched the suspected shooter’s name to someone they had “encountered multiple times inside and outside the White House.”
us The White House and Secret Service have been contacted for comment.
Earlier last night, a Secret Service spokesman confirmed us The agency is “gathering information and will have more information about this incident soon.”
“The FBI is on scene and supporting the Secret Service response to the shooting near the White House – and we will keep the public updated as possible,” the FBI director said. Kashi Patel Tweet Soon after.
White House reporters were at the scene when gunfire rang out. They were quickly rushed into the briefing room and cordoned off for about 40 minutes, according to multiple media outlets.
Police cars and armed Secret Service officers could be seen on a blocked street near the White House.
Getty Images/Alex Wobleski/AFP“I was on the North Lawn of the White House recording a social video on my iPhone when we heard gunshots,” ABC News White House Correspondent Selena Wang Tweet then. “It sounded like dozens of gunshots. We were told to rush to the press conference room where we are now.”
Less than a month after the incident Gunfire rang out April 25 at the annual White House Correspondents’ Dinner at the Washington Hilton Hotel.
President Trump, 79, First Lady Melania TrumpVice President JD Vance Many other government officials were in the Hilton hotel’s ballroom when shots rang out near the main lobby magnet. They were all kicked out of the ballroom shortly after the shooting.
President Donald Trump praised first lady Melania Trump’s response to the shootings at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner. Trump, 79, told reporters at the White House on Saturday, April 25: “I want to thank the first lady, this has been a pretty traumatic experience for her. We are not going to let anyone take over our society, (…)
Cole Thomas Allen During the exchange of gunfire, a Secret Service agent wearing a protective vest was allegedly shot and rushed to a local hospital for treatment. (Trump told reporters during the briefing that the Secret Service agent was saved by his safety vest.)
Allen, 31, later charged Attempting to assassinate the President, transporting weapons across state lines, and discharging a firearm during a violent crime; and Not guilty at a court hearing on May 11.