Man Commits Suicide In Front Of The White House Fence While President Trump And First Lady Melania Out Of The Capital
The Whitehouse was put on lockdown after a man committed suicide in front of the north fence on Saturday afternoon. The shooting, which reportedly happened around noon sparked panic inside the White House as the staffs were asked to shelter in place. The Secret Service spokesman told CNN the unidentified man approached the fence line on the north face, took out the concealed handgun and fired several shots. Law enforcement told the man shot his cellphone before targeting himself.
Man Commits Suicide Out Of The White House Fence-Shoots Himself At North Lawn While President Trump And First Lady Melania Away In Mar-a-Lago
- A man shot himself to death on the North Lawn of White House on Saturday afternoon.
- Journalists took to Twitter immediately after the shoot announcing they had been told to shelter in place.
- The Secret Service announced shortly after the death of a person, whose identity is still unknown.
- President Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were in Mar-a-Lago at the time of the shooting.
The Whitehouse was put on lockdown after a man committed suicide in front of the north fence on Saturday afternoon.
The shooting, which reportedly happened around noon sparked panic inside the White House as the staffs were asked to shelter in place.
The White House Secret Service took to Twitter shortly later the incident confirming the death of the man at the scene.
BREAKING: Secret Service personnel are responding to reports of a person who allegedly suffered a self-inflicted gun shot wound along the north fence line of @WhiteHouse.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 3, 2018
The Secret Service spokesman told CNN the unidentified man approached the fence line on the north face, took out the concealed handgun and fired several shots. Law enforcement told the man shot his cellphone before targeting himself.
The Secret Service also reported there were no other injuries related to the incident.
UPDATE: No other reported injuries related to the incident at @WhiteHouse.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 3, 2018
Many media outlets reported that according to the White House deputy press secretary Hogan Gidley, both president Donald Trump and First Lady Melania Trump were out of Washington D.C. at the time of the incident.
BBC reported that Mr. Trump and wife Melania were at Mar-a-Lago, Florida and they were scheduled to return for a dinner on Saturday evening.
