Secret Service officers engaged an armed man near the White House on Monday in what turned into a shootout that left the suspect and a juvenile bystander injured, according to the agency.<\/p>\n
Secret Service personnel responded to an officer-involved shooting near the White House in Washington on Monday, May 4, 2026, the agency said in a statement. X\/@MarioNawfal<\/p>\n
The incident unfolded a few blocks south of the White House, along the National Mall and near the Washington Monument, when plainclothes agents on patrol \u201cidentified a suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm,\u201d Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said during a press briefing.<\/p>\n
After spotting the \u201cvisual print of a firearm\u201d on the suspect, the plainclothes agents called in support from uniformed Secret Service police.\u00a0<\/p>\n
\u201cUpon making contact, that individual fled briefly on foot, withdrew a firearm and fired in the direction of our agents and officers,\u201d Quinn said.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Secret Service officers returned fire and struck the suspect, who was transported to a local hospital.\u00a0\u00a0<\/p>\n
The suspect fled and fired at agents after being spotted near the National Mall, prompting return fire. REUTERS<\/p>\n
\u201cWe believe only one bystander was hit by the suspect,\u201d Quinn said, noting the juvenile sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was being treated at a hospital.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Plainclothes agents trained to identify potential threats routinely patrol the outer perimeter of the White House, according to Quinn.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Reporters were ushered into the briefing room for a safety lockdown. X\/AlecLace<\/p>\n
Vice President JD Vance\u2019s motorcade departed the White House and transited through the area of shooting \u201cnot long before\u201d the incident took place, the deputy director added.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The condition of the suspect is unclear.\u00a0<\/p>\n
There is no indication that the suspect was targeting the vice presidential motorcade or the White House.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Journalists at the White House were ushered into the briefing room for a safety lockdown as law enforcement responded.<\/p>\n
Video posted on social media showed some reporters running to get off the North Lawn of the White House and inside the building.\u00a0<\/p>\n
Footage from the scene of the shooting showed dozens of Secret Service officers and National Guard members in the area, with a part of the sidewalks roped off in yellow police tape.<\/p>\n
This shootout comes a week after Cole Allen allegedly tried to assassinate the president. REUTERS<\/p>\n
An event with President Trump and small business owners went on as scheduled<\/p>\n
Trump did not address the shooting.\u00a0<\/p>\n
The incident comes just over a week after Cole Allen allegedly ran through a Secret Service security checkpoint during the White House Correspondents\u2019 Dinner armed with a shotgun, in what authorities say was an attempt to assassinate the president.<\/p>\n
Allen allegedly shot a Secret Service officer in a bulletproof vest during his mad dash, according to officials.<\/p>\n
He is facing charges of attempting to assassinate the president of the United States, discharging a firearm during a crime of violence and transporting a firearm and ammunition in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Secret Service officers engaged an armed man near the White House on Monday in what turned into a…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":219870,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[9,11,10,13663,3980,58,5561],"class_list":["post-219869","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-service","tag-shootings","tag-us-news","tag-white-house"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219869","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=219869"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/219869\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/219870"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=219869"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=219869"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=219869"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}