The suspect in the White House shooting has died and a bystander has been injured
The Secret Service has confirmed that the suspect who opened fire on the Secret Service near the White House has died.
The spokesperson of the organization also announced on Saturday, May 23, that a bystander was injured during the violence and is now in critical condition. The suspected shooter – whose name has not been released publicly – is believed to have opened fire at a Secret Service checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW in Washington DC, although no agents were injured.
“Just after six o'clock in the afternoon on Saturday, someone in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue took a weapon out of a bag and started shooting,” said the Communications Manager. Anthony Guglielmi he told Us Weekly on Saturday. “The Secret Service officers returned fire, hitting the suspect who was rushed to the hospital where he was pronounced dead. During the shooting, another bystander was also shot.”
The statement concluded, “No police officers were injured [Donald Trump] he was in the White House at the time of the incident, however no guards or operations were affected. The incident is still under investigation and more information will be released as it becomes available.”
CNN reported that investigators matched the name of the suspect who was shot to someone “whom they have met many times in and around the White House.”
Us has reached out to the White House and the Secret Service for comment.
Earlier in the night, a spokesperson for the Secret Service confirmed that Us that the agency is “gathering information and will have more on this incident soon.”
“The FBI is on the scene and supporting the Secret Service in responding to the shooting near the White House grounds – we will update the public as best we can,” FBI Director Kash Patel on Twitter shortly after.
White House reporters were on the grounds when the shots rang out. They were rushed to the interview room and immediately detained for 40 minutes, with many stalls.
Police cars and armed Secret Service agents can be seen on a closed road near the White House.
Getty Images/Alex WROBLEWSKI/AFP“I was in the middle of recording my iPhone social media video from the White House North Lawn when we heard the gunshot,” an ABC News White House reporter said. Selina Wang tweeted at the time. “It sounded like a lot of gunfire. We were told to run to the press conference room where they are holding us now.”
The incident occurred less than one month after a gun was fired at the Washington Hilton during the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner on April 25.
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