Posted on 05/23/2026 5:28:13 PM PDT by ransomnote
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Secret Service fatally shot a person who opened fire on officers at a security checkpoint on Saturday in an exchange of gunfire that briefly locked down the White House, officials said.
The shooting happened shortly after 6 p.m. when a male approached the Secret Service checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, pulled a gun from a bag and opened fire on officers, the Secret Service said in a statement.
The officers returned fire and shot the suspect, who was taken to a hospital, where he later died, the Secret Service said. The agency said the shooting remains under investigation.
A bystander was also shot, the Secret Service said, but it was unclear who fired the round that injured that person. Their condition was not immediately available.
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Darn right. But they're just the foot soldiers.
It's Democrat politicians like Maxine Waters and Hakim Jeffries and their over the top, hateful and pugnacious rhetoric that's driving this violence. They're no longer "Members Of Congress''. They're accessories to a crime.
Sounds like suicide by attempted presidential assassination is becoming a thing.
Why isn’t AI getting any credit?
You are right.
“Liberalism is a mental disorder”
I think as late as the Harding Administration, the time-honored custom was that anyone could show up to the White House on New Years Day and have a chat with the President.
“Emotionally disturbed individual.....”. That doesn’t narrowing down where the Left is concerned.
Good point, maybe the MSM AI factory is using people’s names to look normal. We are bound to see something like this in the near future anyway.
What’s the deal with his ear?!
Religion of peace?
That’s a joke, right? It looks like Mitt Romney!
How crazy do you have to be to think you can bum rush the WH gates and somehow get all the way to the president?
BINGO! I GOT IT!
I'M ALSO RESERVING ISLAMIC ON JULY FOURTH!
The Polymarket is split between a person named Mohammed and a person that identifies as they/them.
EC
They're 50% off on Wednesday.
hite House shooter was known to the Secret Service, and previously tried to gain access to the White House multiple times — CNN
He walked up to the perimeter, pulled out a gun, and opened fire on the White House
Thank God today’s perimeter was further back than usual
It’s that Colbert person.
I thought that D.C. has strict gun control laws. Clearly we need more gun control. It should be against the law to try to shoot your way into the White House.
Oh, it already is? Never mind.
So, Stephen Colbert looks like Mitt Romney to you? Go see an eye doctor before you run into something.
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