A man opened fire on the White House with a pistol on Saturday evening, died about two hours later at a local hospital after exchanging fire with Secret Service, and a bystander was also hit by a bullet. President Donald Trump was inside the Oval Office during
The shooting started at about 6:00 p.m. local time, at the corner of 17th St. and Pennsylvania Ave.—close enough to the White House that the sound traveled immediately through the press operation. President Donald Trump was inside the Oval Office. working on finalizing a deal to end the Iran war. when the gunman fired multiple shots.
The attacker fired three shots at the White House with a pistol, then Secret Service returned fire. A male shooter who opened fire died at a local hospital after he exchanged fire with Secret Service, with the death coming about two hours after the shots were fired.
A bystander was also hit by a bullet. It was unclear whether the bystander was shot by the gunman or during the shootout that followed between the shooter and Secret Service. The shooter’s identity was not provided, and details remained limited as police action unfolded.
Trump had posted from the White House a few hours earlier that “final aspects and details” of a peace deal with Iran were being worked out and that an agreement would be “announced shortly.” When the gunshots rang out, the White House’s day of diplomacy turned into chaos.
Reporters rushing for safety described the intensity of the moment. The sound of dozens of gunshots sent ABC News reporter Selina Wang diving for cover before she and her team were rushed to the White House press briefing room. Several other reporters were rushed there as well. CNN reported its journalists also heard dozens of gunshots, triggering a lockdown and a rapid response from Secret Service.
DC News Now reporter Chris Flanagan said he and other journalists were released from lockdown at 6:51 p.m. local time. He said there was a “huge” law enforcement response to the shots outside the White House. Fox News reported earlier on Saturday that the shooter never got inside the White House gates.
In the hours after the shooting, there were conflicting early hospital details in public reporting. Reuters reported the suspect was transported to George Washington Hospital. and the Associated Press reported both the suspect and the bystander were both in critical condition when they were rushed to the hospital.
Where the situation stood after the exchange was clear in one way: the shooter was dead. and the investigation pivoted to what happened to the bystander and how the attack unfolded so close to the Oval Office. Trump remained inside during the shooting as he was working on a major international effort to end the Iran war. adding weight to the question that has hung over the scene since the first shots—how a single gunman’s burst of fire disrupted an already tense. high-stakes moment for the White House.
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Sounds like a movie tbh, hope everyone’s ok.
Wait he was working on an Iran deal and then this happened?? That’s insane. I keep seeing “bystander hit” like it was just random, smh.
So the guy fired three shots at the White House and then died two hours later? That part is weird to me like why not just arrest him on the spot? Also how do they not know who shot the bystander yet… unless it was like ricochet from the Secret Service? Idk.
Trump inside the Oval Office but everyone says “peace deal with Iran” and then boom. People are gonna blame whatever they want, but the real question is why the Secret Service wasn’t closer or more on it at 17th & Pennsylvania. And “sound traveled through the press operation”?? Like the reporters just had to hear it while covering, that’s messed up. I hate that this happened right as he posted about announcing it “shortly.”