This Saturday, May 23, television cameras belonging to journalists broadcasting live from the White House captured a burst of between 15 and 30 shots during an armed incident in the vicinity of the presidential complex, which forced a temporary security closure to be activated.
The shooting occurred near a Secret Service surveillance post, located at an intersection near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, according to US media reports.
The reporters were on the North Lawn of the White House covering the possible agreement between the United States and Iran, announced hours earlier by President Donald Trump, when the detonations began to be heard, which were recorded on live broadcasts.
“I was in the middle of recording a social video with my iPhone from the North Lawn of the White House when we heard the gunshots. It sounded like dozens of gunshots. They told us to run to the press conference room where we are now,” journalist Selina Wang wrote on her X account.
Sources close to the investigation told CBS that a suspect opened fire on Secret Service agents, who returned fire and wounded the shooter. A passerby was also injured.
No federal agents suffered injuries, the sources indicated.
After the exchange of shots, journalists and press personnel were taken to the White House conference room and later evacuated, a source informed EFE.
The lockdown order was in place for approximately one hour.
It is currently unclear whether Trump was inside the White House during the incident. However, about three hours earlier he had posted in Truth Social that he was in the Oval Office.
The incident occurs almost a month after an armed man tried to enter the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, an incident that forced Trump and Vice President JD Vance to evacuate on April 25.
I was in the middle of tapping on my iPhone for a social video from the White House North Lawn when we heard the shots. It sounded like dozens of gunshots. We were told to sprint to the press briefing room where we are holding now. pic.twitter.com/iqdQwh4soq
— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) May 23, 2026
FBI is on the scene and Secret Service is responding to shots near the White House grounds.
The President is currently at the White House.
I was in the middle of taping from the White House North Lawn when I heard what sounded like dozens of gunshots fired nearby.
We… pic.twitter.com/XFP7QcmSiZ
— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) May 23, 2026
New footage of the shooting near the White House pic.twitter.com/aTDtFD2onU
— Faytuks Network (@FaytuksNetwork) May 23, 2026
BREAKING: The suspect who opened fire on the White House has DIED, the White House has confirmed
President Trump WAS at the White House tonight, but is UNAFFECTED.
He is CONTINUING to work. This President is an absolute FIGHTER.
47 will NOT let the terrorists win! 🇺🇸 pic.twitter.com/iUe7ZewgMH
— Nick Sortor (@nicksortor) May 23, 2026
NEW: The suspect in the shooting near the White House is dead, and one bystander was wounded, according to the White House. FOX News’ Alex Hogan breaks down the moments leading up to the incident. pic.twitter.com/w7SGNBj17K
—Fox News (@FoxNews) May 24, 2026