Secret Service respond after sounds of gunfire heard near the White House

News Suspected gunman dead after gunfire exchanged with Secret Service near White House Comments: by Sophie Brams - 05/23/26 6:44 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Sophie Brams - 05/23/26 6:44 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING U.S. Secret Service shot and killed a man after he opened fire near the White House on Saturday, according to a spokesperson for the agency. The spokesperson said in a statement that an individual approached the area near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW shortly before 6 p.m. “pulled a weapon from his bag” and began firing. Secret Service agents returned fire, hitting the suspect who was taken to a nearby hospital where he later died, the spokesperson said.

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