The White House, official residence of the President of the United States, is on lockdown. The United States Secret Service, a federal law enforcement agency under the U.S. Department of Homeland Security charged with protecting the President and Vice President of the United States, has taken a suspect into custody after a suspicious package was discovered near the White House grounds.
.@SecretService investigating suspicious package near @WhiteHouse grounds. Road closures in effect.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017
USSS is investigating suspicious package; security perimeter established & members of the public & media are being moved to safe a distance
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017
Reporters in the West Wing waiting for the lockdown to end. pic.twitter.com/UhT9BwAdom
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 28, 2017
Secret Service patrolling the North Lawn. Rumors of a suspicious package. pic.twitter.com/aq7UOxirlv
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 28, 2017
Secret Service locked the press inside the briefing room after evacuating the North lawn. pic.twitter.com/o3VC7yI21P
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 28, 2017
Fox News reported the suspect was outside the fence by the White House when he told officers he had a bomb in the bag. A Secret Service spokeswoman also confirmed to Reuters that a man has been taken into custody by the Secret Service after he approached the White House with a suspicious package.
Suspicious package investigation continues; suspect in custody! pic.twitter.com/O25gr5B72f
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017
NEW: Secret Service tells me that the man taken into custody had a warrant out for his arrest
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 28, 2017
NEW: Secret Service tells me a bomb robot is being sent to investigate the package
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 28, 2017
Following his declaration, they promptly apprehended him, established a security perimeter, instituted road closures, moved visitors to a safe distance, and took the media off the North Lawn, though the area was later reopened.
Suspicious package near @WhiteHouse grounds cleared. All road closures related to this incident are lifted.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017
Lockdown lifted at 11:37AM. All clear now.
— Andrew Feinberg (@agfhome) March 28, 2017
The incident is the second intrusion on the White House grounds since Donald Trump took office. On March 10, an intruder crossed a five-foot outer fence near East Executive Avenue and the Treasury Department complex and managed to roam the White House grounds for more than 15 minutes before he was arrested by the Secret Service.
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