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White House on lockdown after gunman brandishes pistol, fires multiple shots toward White House
FOX News ^ | May 23, 2026 | Alexandra Koch , Chad Pergram

Posted on 05/23/2026 4:28:47 PM PDT by Red Badger

Fox News has learned the White House is on lockdown after a gunman armed with a pistol opened fire Saturday afternoon near the White House in Washington, D.C., engaging with the U.S. Secret Service.

Fox News Chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram reported that at about 6 p.m. local time, a gunman fired about three shots toward the executive mansion and Secret Service agents returned fire.

The shooting unfolded near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, according to the Secret Service.

A nearby civilian on the street was shot in the exchange, and their condition is unknown, according to Pergram.

As many as 30 shots were reportedly heard in the direction of the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The suspect never got inside the general perimeter of the White House grounds, Pergram said.

(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...


TOPICS: Culture/Society; Government
KEYWORDS: banglist; crime; whitehouse

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1 posted on 05/23/2026 4:28:47 PM PDT by Red Badger
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To: Red Badger

Prayers up for the safety of President Trump, his family and associates and the people who protect them.


2 posted on 05/23/2026 4:32:31 PM PDT by frank ballenger (There's a battle outside and it's raging. It'll soon shake your windows and rattle your walls. )
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To: frank ballenger
PRAY πŸ™πŸ™πŸ™ πŸ›πŸ›πŸ› for
President Donald Trump ✝️✝️✝️



3 posted on 05/23/2026 4:35:13 PM PDT by SaveFerris (Luke 17:28 ... as it was in the Days of Lot; They Did Eat, They Drank, They Bought, They Sold ......)
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To: frank ballenger

πŸ‘


4 posted on 05/23/2026 4:35:47 PM PDT by Mark17 (Retired USAF air traffic controller. 🎀 Father of USAF pilot. ✈️ Aviation is in our DNA)
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To: Red Badger
And as usual on the CNN's, MS WOW's and other left-wing sites the comments say it's another fake.

It's amazing how easily manipulate these lame brains are.

5 posted on 05/23/2026 4:39:45 PM PDT by PROCON (Sic Semper Tyrannis)
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Another lunatic looking for a ‘death by cop suicide’ and the secret service is doing a terrible job at obliging them... Instead of handcuffing these crazy motherf*ckers... Just put one in the back of their heads... That’s what they truly want.

They know they’ll never get close enough to kill Trump, so this is just another ‘cry for help’. It’s akin to jumping off a very short bridge and surviving, or taking some meds and being ‘discovered’ just in the nick of time.

When they have these weekly TDS group meetings they should really train these people how to kill themselves properly, without the need to create a scene and look stupid. Just put the shotgun in your mouth and pull that trigger.


6 posted on 05/23/2026 4:40:57 PM PDT by jerod (Nazis were essentially Socialist in Hugo Boss uniforms... Get over it!)
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To: Red Badger

At least half a dozen passive verbs used in that “news” story.


7 posted on 05/23/2026 4:41:52 PM PDT by Paal Gulli
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To: Red Badger

But, but... guns are illegal in DC!!
I am so confused!!


8 posted on 05/23/2026 4:44:13 PM PDT by ArtDodger
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To: Red Badger

Anybody know if Hakeem Wakanda has an alibi? How ‘bout Omar the Queen of the desert caravans?


9 posted on 05/23/2026 4:45:19 PM PDT by FlingWingFlyer (Border invasion II has begun now that the DemonRATS have thrown out ICE and the CBP.)
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Maybe its me, but after rereading I did not see anything about the gunman... dead? got away? captured?


10 posted on 05/23/2026 4:47:06 PM PDT by dmet
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Arrested................


11 posted on 05/23/2026 4:51:30 PM PDT by Red Badger (Iryna Zarutska, May 22, 2002 Kyiv, Ukraine – August 22, 2025 Charlotte, North Carolina Say her name)
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To: dmet

I heard from another article that the shooter is in the hospital in critical condition


12 posted on 05/23/2026 4:52:03 PM PDT by MarlonRando
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To: Red Badger

Once again, the indications are that the SS desperately needs personnel who can shoot straight under fire...


13 posted on 05/23/2026 4:54:38 PM PDT by SuperLuminal (Where is rabble-rising Sam Adams now that we need him? Is his name Trump, now?)
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Yes.


14 posted on 05/23/2026 4:54:57 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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Once again, the indications are that the SS desperately needs personnel who can shoot straight under fire...


15 posted on 05/23/2026 4:55:35 PM PDT by dfwgator ("I am Charlie Kirk!")
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Maybe IRGC sleeper cells coming out of their hole. The hole that was created when the filthy scumbag traitor Biden invited them in. /spit


16 posted on 05/23/2026 4:56:08 PM PDT by Flavious_Maximus (Tony Fauci will be put on death row and die of COVID!)
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To: SuperLuminal

They seem to be taken by suprise every time. When one isn’t paying attention a sudden attack leaves them flustered and floundering.


17 posted on 05/23/2026 4:56:29 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: frank ballenger

One bystander is critical wrong place wrong time these sickos what do they think that they will just open the door to the White House and say he’s down the hall to your left seriously


18 posted on 05/23/2026 4:57:05 PM PDT by Sarah Barracuda
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To: jerod

They are really good at shooting innocent bystanders.


19 posted on 05/23/2026 4:58:01 PM PDT by vivenne (7Come to think of it. Fact.)
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To: Red Badger

ANOTHER TDS afflicted democrat?


20 posted on 05/23/2026 5:00:23 PM PDT by Alas Babylon! (Conservatives can't afford to sit out. Vote like your freedom depends on it, it does!)
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