Reporter's video captures moment of shootout near White House
A White House reporter has posted a video showing the moment gunfire began to ring out near the presidential residence.
Selina Wang, of ABC US, said she was recording a video for social media from the White House North Lawn when the disturbance began.
"It sounded like dozens of gunshots. We were told to sprint to the press briefing room where we are holding now," she wrote on X.
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Wang and other White House reporters were filing copy and video after US President Donald Trump announced a peace deal with Iran was nearly complete.
"President Trump has said a deal is close only for the two sides to remain far apart," Wang says in the partially captured sentence she posted online, as loud gunshots are heard toward the end of her speech.
Midway through saying "apart", Wang drops to the ground, as does the person holding the camera.
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A US Secret Service agent stands guard holding his weapon after alleged gunshots were heard nearby. Nathan Howard/Reuters via CNN
Another voice is heard yelling "No, no," in the background.
Reporters were all rushed to the briefing room and told to shelter in place as armed Secret Service uniform agents rushed to investigate.
The White House was briefly locked down, but has since returned to normal. Trump, who was at the premises, did not immediately respond to the shooting.
CNN has since reported two people were shot and wounded after Secret Service agents confronted somebody firing a weapon.
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