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Trump Abruptly Escorted from White House Briefing After Shots Fired Nearby

Steve Herman

   WHITE HOUSE - U.S. President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted from a
   White House media briefing Monday afternoon by a U.S. Secret Service
   agent because of a shooting outside the building.

   Returning to the briefing room lectern minutes later, Trump said,
   "There was an actual'¯shooting,'¯and somebody's been taken to the
   hospital."

   The shots were fired by law enforcement, the president said.

   A male subject and a Secret Service officer "were both transported to a
   local hospital," a Secret Service statement said. "At no time during
   this incident was the White House complex breached or were any
   protectees in danger."

   Two gunshots were heard by at least one reporter who was in the
   briefing room.

   "I heard two shots in rapid succession just after you took the podium,"
   Fox News White House correspondent John Roberts told the president when
   Trump asked the journalist what he had heard.

     Here's audio of the shots being fired: [1]https://t.co/zrARtsyy6b
     [2]@SecretService
     -- Steve Herman (@W7VOA) [3]August 11, 2020

   According to the District of Columbia's Fire and Emergency Medical
   Services Department, its units responded to a person who had been shot
   in the upper body. The shooting took place near 17th Street Northwest
   and Pennsylvania Avenue.

   The president said the situation "seems to be very well under
   control."'¯

References

   1. https://t.co/zrARtsyy6b
   2. https://twitter.com/SecretService?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw
   3. https://twitter.com/W7VOA/status/1292983397975982081?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw

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