Gunshots were fired near the White House complex early Saturday evening, FBI Director Kash Patel confirmed.
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“FBI is on the scene and supporting Secret Service responding to shots fired near White House grounds — we will update the public as we’re able,” Patel wrote on X.
Images and video circulating on social media showed reporters on the White House grounds taking cover as several gunshots rang out. ABC News correspondent Selina Wang said members of the news media were told by Secret Service agents to “sprint to the press briefing room” inside the White House.
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President Donald Trump has been at the White House throughout the day, making calls from the Oval Office as part of ongoing negotiations to extend a ceasefire with Iran.
U.S. Secret Service and the White House did not immediately respond to requests for comment.
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