Man shoots himself outside White House
President Donald Trump is not at the White House - he’s in Florida, but is set to return later Saturday.
The agency says in a Twitter post that there are no other reported injuries related to the incident.
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Hide AdIt is the second incident in the last few weeks at the White House. On 23 February a car drove into the security barrier which surrounds the building.
The Secret Service tweeted about noon Saturday that personnel are responding and a person “allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound along the north fence line” of the White House.
The District of Columbia police says its homicide/natural death unit is responding.
White House press secretary says “we are aware of the situation, the president has been briefed.”