What sounded like possible gunfire was heard near the North Lawn of the White House Saturday evening, multiple CBS News reporters said.
Approximately 20 shots were heard just after 6 p.m. Eastern Time. They appeared to be coming from the side of the White House complex containing the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, the reporters said.
U.S. Secret Service then ushered media members inside the White House.
Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement to CBS News that the agency was aware of “reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW” and is “working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground.”
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post that the FBI was “on scene and supporting the Secret Service.”
President Trump was at the White House as of 4 p.m., White House spokesperson Steven Cheung had said earlier.
CBS News White House associate producer Emma Nicholson said a CBS News crew was preparing to record for “CBS Weekend News” when they heard the shots and “ducked to the ground.” Nicholson said they were then ushered into the White House “shortly after.”
The security concern comes nearly a month after a gunman breached the security checkpoint outside the Washington, D.C., hotel ballroom where the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was taking place.
This is a breaking story and will be updated.
