The U.S. Secret Service is responding to reports of two people being shot near the White House lower than one month after the White House Correspondents’ Dinner shooting.
“We’re aware of reports of shots fired near seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and are working to corroborate the data with personnel on the bottom. Additional information might be provided because it becomes available,” the Secret Service tweeted on Saturday, May 23.
A Secret Service spokesperson told Us Weekly that the agency was “gathering information and could have more on this incident shortly.”
“FBI is on the scene and supporting Secret Service responding to shots fired near White House grounds – we are going to update the general public as we’re able,” FBI Director Kash Patel tweeted shortly after the incident.
CNN reported that reporters on the bottom heard gunfire coming from the corner of seventeenth Street and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest in Washington, D.C., with speculation that the gunfire can have emanated from the Eisenhower Executive Office Constructing side of the White House.
ABC News White House correspondent Selina Wang shared video of her live report from the premises being interrupted by what seemed to be loud sounds of gunfire. She ducked for canopy before the video footage cut off.
“I used to be in the midst of taping on my iPhone for a social video from the White House North Lawn after we heard the shots,” Yang, 33, tweeted. “It gave the impression of dozens of gunshots. We were told to sprint to the press briefing room where we’re holding now.”
Reporters were reportedly told to shelter in place while locked down within the White House press briefing room.
Us reached out to the White House for comment.
This latest incident occurred just shy of 1 month after Cole Tomas Allen allegedly opened fire within the lobby of the Washington Hilton throughout the White House Correspondents’ Dinner on April 25. Allen, 31, allegedly struck a Secret Service agent in crossfire before he was apprehended. (The White House later confirmed the Secret Agent was shot in his protective vest but taken to an area hospital for treatment.)
President Donald Trump, first lady Melania Trump, Vice President JD Vance and various other administration officials were contained in the Washington Hilton ballroom on the time of the shooting and were quickly evacuated.
Turning Point USA CEO Erika Kirk was seen being rushed from the ballroom in tears moments after the shooting. Kirk, 37, later called the shooting “one other traumatic example of the evil in our country and the continued rise in political violence.” (Erika’s husband, conservative activist Charlie Kirk, was fatally shot at Utah Valley University in Orem, Utah, on September 10, 2025. A 22-year-old man was later charged with aggravated murder, felony discharge of a firearm, obstruction of justice and witness tampering. He has yet to enter a plea.)
Following Allen’s arrest, he was charged with attempting to assassinate the president, interstate transportation of weapons and discharge of a firearm during a violent crime. He pleaded not guilty during a May 11 court hearing.