{"id":2728,"date":"2026-05-23T23:39:45","date_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:39:45","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/usglobalnews.com\/2026\/05\/23\/suspect-taken-to-hospital-after-volley-of-gunshots-heard-near-white-house\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T23:39:45","modified_gmt":"2026-05-23T23:39:45","slug":"suspect-taken-to-hospital-after-volley-of-gunshots-heard-near-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/?p=2728","title":{"rendered":"Suspect taken to hospital after volley of gunshots heard near White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<div style=\"border-color:var(--article-border);background-color:var(--article-inner-background)\" class=\"dcr-wqti5a\">\n<div class=\"dcr-2zxs1v\">\n<div style=\"--grid-area:media\" data-gu-name=\"media\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tr9ye5\">\n<figure id=\"134d899d-aa60-4c34-8595-c5aac9fc8127\" class=\"dcr-142siv7\">\n<div id=\"img-1\" class=\"dcr-1t8m8f2\"><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" alt=\"Man in black gear stands outside open door looking at rainy green lawn.\" src=\"https:\/\/i.guim.co.uk\/img\/media\/29f592f7978d4b57169245a2aa6bc10188c7f481\/792_0_5000_4000\/master\/5000.jpg?width=465&amp;dpr=1&amp;s=none&amp;crop=none\" width=\"465\" height=\"372\" loading=\"eager\" class=\"dcr-evn1e9\"><span class=\"dcr-v822l1\"><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-gup2gr\">\n<div class=\"dcr-fntg6k\"><label for=\"the-checkbox\" class=\"dcr-1xgwz8b\"><\/label> <\/p>\n<div id=\"the-caption\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1os51wo\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A member of the Secret Service guards the door of the press briefing room at the White House on Saturday.<\/span> Photograph: Jos\u00e9 Luis Maga\u00f1a\/AP<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p><\/span><a href=\"#img-1\" data-ignore=\"global-link-styling\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-13fd1ms\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><button data-element-id=\"134d899d-aa60-4c34-8595-c5aac9fc8127\" type=\"button\" class=\"open-lightbox dcr-4tmywn\" aria-haspopup=\"dialog\"><span class=\"dcr-194i6pr\">View image in fullscreen<\/span><\/button><\/a><\/div>\n<p><span class=\"dcr-n4pnam\"><figcaption data-spacefinder-role=\"inline\" class=\"dcr-1hdkqum\"><span class=\"dcr-hvsf4t\"><\/span><span class=\"dcr-1qvd3m6\">A member of the Secret Service guards the door of the press briefing room at the White House on Saturday.<\/span> Photograph: Jos\u00e9 Luis Maga\u00f1a\/AP<\/figcaption><\/span><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:border\" data-gu-name=\"border\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\"><\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:headline\" data-gu-name=\"headline\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-14emo0l\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1aqe7zu\">\n<h1 class=\"dcr-1k1a1x\">Suspect taken to hospital after volley of gunshots heard near White House<\/h1>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:standfirst\" data-gu-name=\"standfirst\" class=\"dcr-1fnjjtg\">\n<div class=\"dcr-15in7js\">\n<p>Lockdown appears to be over after Secret Service returns fire and civilian on the street shot<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:body\" data-gu-name=\"body\" class=\"dcr-kn9unn\">\n<div class=\"dcr-1a4fred\">\n<div id=\"maincontent\" class=\"dcr-ydnaza\">\n<div class=\"article-body-commercial-selector article-body-viewer-selector dcr-1c9t5u6\">\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">What sounded like a sustained volley of gunshots was heard near the White House in <a href=\"https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/washington-dc\" data-link-name=\"in body link\" data-component=\"auto-linked-tag\">Washington DC<\/a> on Saturday evening, according to reporters for multiple outlets and audio posted on social media.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Selina Wang, a White House correspondent for ABC News, shared <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/selinawangtv\/status\/2058312115098697760\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">video<\/a> on social media of the sound of gunfire interrupting her as she recorded a report on US negotiations with Iran. In the clip, Wang could be seen diving to take cover as what \u201csounded like dozens of gunshots\u201d rang out.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">\u201cWe were told to sprint to the press briefing room, where we are holding now,\u201d Wang added.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The FBI director, Kash Patel, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/FBIDirectorKash\/status\/2058318050240184514\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">posted<\/a>: \u201cFBI is on the scene and supporting Secret Service responding to shots fired near White House grounds \u2013 we will update the public as we\u2019re able.\u201d<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Donald Trump said earlier that he was in the Oval Office but did not immediately comment on the reported gunfire.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A senior administration official <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/Acyn\/status\/2058320849456025936\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">told Chad Pergram<\/a> of Fox News that around 6pm local time, a gunman \u201cbrandished some sort of a pistol\u201d outside the gates on the west side of the White House and fired three shots at the building before US Secret Service officers returned fire and \u201capparently took the gunman down\u201d. The gunman\u2019s condition has not yet been made public, and the suspect was taken to a nearby hospital, a law enforcement source told Reuters.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">In the exchange of fire, a civilian on the street was shot, Pergram added. That person\u2019s condition also was not yet known.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">Chris Flanagan, an anchor for the local news channel DC News Now who took cover in the White House briefing room, <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ChrisFlanaganTV\/status\/2058319933373571423\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">reported<\/a> that about 30 shots were fired, but that the security lockdown had been lifted.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">A CBS News producer also estimated that at least 20 shots had been fired, and the the Secret Service said in <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/SecretSvcSpox\/status\/2058318430139240542\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a statement<\/a> at about 6:45pm local time that it was \u201caware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and are working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground\u201d.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The shooting comes less than three weeks after <a href=\"https:\/\/www.justice.gov\/usao-dc\/pr\/texas-man-charged-shooting-secret-service-agent-near-washington-monument-national-mall\" data-link-name=\"in body link\">a previous incident<\/a> in which a man said to be brandishing a gun fired at a Secret Service officer near the route of JD Vance\u2019s motorcade outside the White House. \u201cA civilian witness standing behind the officer was wounded in his leg,\u201d the Department of Justice said. Officers returned fire, striking the man in the hand, left arm and upper abdomen.<\/p>\n<p class=\"dcr-130mj7b\">The gunfire Saturday also comes nearly a month after what law enforcement authorities said was an attempted assassination of the president on 25 April as he attended the annual White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner at a Washington hotel.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-print-layout=\"hide\" class=\"dcr-qxqnsy\"><span class=\"dcr-1rq3vad\">Explore more on these topics<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-1dzx48f\">\n<ul class=\"dcr-1rrvs2w\">\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/washington-dc\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Washington DC<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/world\/gun-crime\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Gun crime<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/donaldtrump\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Donald Trump<\/a><\/li>\n<li class=\"dcr-hj8byr\"><a href=\"\/us-news\/trump-administration\" class=\"dcr-1gwziyt\">Trump administration<\/a><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"dcr-nu129i\"><a href=\"mailto:?subject=Suspect%20taken%20to%20hospital%20after%20volley%20of%20gunshots%20heard%20near%20White%20House&amp;body=https:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/us-news\/2026\/may\/23\/gunshots-white-house?CMP=share_btn_url\" class=\"dcr-125qj9d\">Share<\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"dcr-zhx6xs\"><a data-link-name=\"meta-syndication-article\" href=\"https:\/\/syndication.theguardian.com\/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.theguardian.com%2Fus-news%2F2026%2Fmay%2F23%2Fgunshots-white-house&amp;type=article&amp;internalpagecode=us-news\/2026\/may\/23\/gunshots-white-house\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer\" title=\"Reuse this content\" class=\"dcr-14rjinq\">Reuse this content<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div style=\"--grid-area:right-column\" data-gu-name=\"right-column\" class=\"dcr-1h2hraq\">\n<div class=\"dcr-tn16h9\">\n<section class=\"dcr-1hko8ef\"><\/section>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A member of the Secret Service guards the door of the press briefing room at the White House<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":0,"featured_media":2730,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2728","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-world-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2728"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2728\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/media\/2730"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2728"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2728"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.usglobalnews.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2728"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}