Dozens of shots fired outside Oval Office, WH on lockdown
OAN Staff Jenna Lee
4:25 PM – Saturday, May 23, 2026
Reporters from CNN heard what sounded like dozens of gunshots near the White House on Saturday, which triggered a lockdown and an immediate response from the U.S. Secret Service.
The Secret Service was investigating reports of shots fired just outside the White House complex at the former of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest, according to a Secret Service official.
Press corps members were rushed into the White House briefing room from the North Lawn. In the White House, Secret Service agents shouted “get down” and warned of “shots fired” to reporters to shelter in place. According to one reporter, the sounds appeared to come from the Eisenhower Executive Office Building side of the White House complex.
Secret Service agents could be seen carrying rifles moving through the North Lawn area after the incident and blocking the White House press briefing room.
President Donald Trump was at the White House when the shots rang out.
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