Video: Journalists Duck For Cover As Gunman Opens Fire Outside White House

Reporters took cover as shots were heard outside the White House, and were later rushed to the press briefing room.

24 May 2026, 01:51 · NDTV

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Journalists at the White House took cover during a shooting near a security checkpoint on Sunday
The US Secret Service killed the gunman who opened fire outside the White House
One bystander was struck during the shootout, but President Trump was unharmed

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Eyes wide from shock, journalist Selina Wang took a few seconds to compose herself and then duck for cover as shots rang out at a White House security checkpoint on Sunday. She was in the middle of shooting a video inside the premises when the incident was reported.

ABC News' Wang was among the many reporters on the premises at the time of the shooting outside, following which Secret Service shot the suspect. "It sounded like dozens of gunshots," she said on X.

Confused by the commotion, NBC News' Julie Tirskin asked, "What is that?" Her cameraperson kept rolling. Another reporter on the White House North Lawn was talking about prices, when he heard the shots. He removed the audio wire on him and took cover.

All journalists in the lawn were ordered to run and shelter in the press briefing room.

A gunman opened fire near the White House on Saturday 6 pm local time, with US Secret Service agents killing the assailant in a shoot-out during which a bystander was also struck, authorities said. He pulled "a weapon from his bag and began firing."

President Donald Trump was in the White House at the time but was not impacted by the incident, Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.

We heard probably 20 to 25 what sounded like fireworks, but they're gunshots, and then everyone started running," Canadian tourist Reid Adrian told AFP.

The shooting comes a month after Trump faced his third alleged assassination attempt at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner at a Washington hotel, an event he was attending for the first time during both his Presidential terms. During the April 25 incident, an armed man ran past a security checkpoint in a hotel where Trump was the gala. He was intercepted by the Secret Service and taken into custody.

In July 2024, Trump was targeted during a campaign rally in Butler, Pennsylvania. A gunman killed an audience member and lightly wounding the then-candidate in the ear.

A few months later, another armed man was arrested on a West Palm Beach golf course where Trump was playing a round.

Trump has cited the various alleged attempts on his life to push for a ballroom at the White House, tearing down the East Wing after taking office again last year. The $400 million project currently under construction will feature, according to the New York real estate magnate, six floors below the highly secure "drone-proof" ballroom, including an underground military hospital.

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