> Thread theme: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EK_LN3XEcnwhttps://nypost.com/2026/05/04/us-news/secret-service-says-officer-involved-in-shooting-near-white-house-as-trump-holds-business-event-inside/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.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 “identified a suspicious individual that appeared to have a firearm,” Secret Service Deputy Director Matthew Quinn said during a press briefing.After spotting the “visual print of a firearm” on the suspect, the plainclothes agents called in support from uniformed Secret Service police. “Upon making contact, that individual fled briefly on foot, withdrew a firearm and fired in the direction of our agents and officers,” Quinn said. Secret Service officers returned fire and struck the suspect, who was transported to a local hospital. “We believe only one bystander was hit by the suspect,” Quinn said, noting the juvenile sustained non-life-threatening injuries and was being treated at a hospital.
>>1512107Plainclothes agents trained to identify potential threats routinely patrol the outer perimeter of the White House, according to Quinn. Vice President JD Vance’s motorcade departed the White House and transited through the area of shooting “not long before” the incident took place, the deputy director added. The condition of the suspect is unclear. There is no indication that the suspect was targeting the vice presidential motorcade or the White House. Journalists at the White House were ushered into the briefing room for a safety lockdown as law enforcement responded.Video posted on social media showed some reporters running to get off the North Lawn of the White House and inside the building. 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.An event with President Trump and small business owners went on as scheduledTrump did not address the shooting. The incident comes just over a week after Cole Allen allegedly ran through a Secret Service security checkpoint during the White House Correspondents’ Dinner armed with a shotgun, in what authorities say was an attempt to assassinate the president.Allen allegedly shot a Secret Service officer in a bulletproof vest during his mad dash, according to officials.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.
>>1512107>There is no indication that the suspect was targeting the vice presidential motorcade or the White House. Nice non-story migger
>routine meteor flies by the earth>"Oh my god, they tried to assassinate him again"LOL, which of my rights does he want to justify taking now?
>>1512113>>1512132Why was this person carrying a gun?
>>1512145why are you a shill who seems uninspired
>>1512107>nypost.comTrumps approval rating went down after the WHCD 'assassination attempt'. I think that means America is fine with Trump dying
>>1512145Why does anyone carry a gun in a crime ridden city?
>>1512149In DC? I thought guns were banned there. How did he get a firearm?
>>1512150He got a gun the same way everyone in DC with a gun got a gun. And for the same reason half of them have it for, which is either to enhance his mugging potential or to scare away muggers. So unless Trump or Vance were planning on walking out near some suspiciously dark alleys, they were not in danger from the probable gangbanger wandering around a few blocks away.
>>1512145Because this is AMERICA
