The gunshots were fired at around 18:00 (23:00 BST), and the White House was placed under lockdown for around an hour.

The US Secret Service says its officers shot an armed man Monday afternoon near the Washington Monument after he fired at agents and wounded a juvenile bystander.

A suspect was killed after opening fire on a Secret Service checkpoint outside the White House Saturday evening, a Secret Service spokesperson told CBS News in a statement.

White House journalists reported hearing dozens of gunshots before security personnel ordered them to run indoors, putting the complex under lockdown ...

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The White House was placed on lockdown Saturday after shots were fired near the executive mansion, prompting a response from ...