BREAKING: Trump was abruptly whisked away from his press conference by Secret Service. Minutes later, Trump returned, saying there had been a shooting outside.
The president returned to the press briefing room about 6 p.m. and told reporters that a shooting had taken place outside of the White House. When asked if he was taken down to the White House bunker, Trump said he was taken to the Oval Office.
“It was a shooting outside of the White House,” Trump told reporters, according to a press pool report. “I’d like to thank the Secret Service for doing their always quick and very effective work.” “It was outside of the White House. Somebody was taken to the hospital. It was the suspect who was shot,” the president said, adding that the Secret Service fired at someone.that there was an officer-involved shooting near the White House at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, about a block from the White House grounds.
It is unclear what the threat was, but Trump told reporters that, “from what I understand,” the person shot was armed.President Trump is escorted from the White House press briefing room Monday, shortly after starting a news conference. “Seems that the person was shot by the Secret Service. It’s unfortunate that this is the world, but the world has always been a dangerous place,” Trump said.
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