Metropolitan police in Washington, DC have released surveillance video of Monday’s shooting near the White House, Fox News has learned, but it is unclear at this point whether that footage will be released.
Sources told Fox News on Monday that the DC MPD has surveillance video of the shooting that took place Monday night.
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The secret service provided details of the shooting in a tweet late Monday.
A 51-year-old man apparently approached a Uniformed Division officer standing at his post on the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House. The man told the agent that he had a weapon and, as he approached, stepped into a sprint and “in a drawing motion, pulled an object out of his clothing,” the statement said.
“The suspect then crawled into the posture of a shooting, as if firing a weapon,” the statement read. At that point, the agent fired his weapon and struck the subject in the torso.
That intersection is right outside the grounds of the White House.
The Secret Service said in a tweet that a male subject and a USSS officer were both transported to a local hospital. “At no time during this incident was the White House Complex intruded as if protectors were in danger,” the agency said, adding the investigation is ongoing.
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A law enforcement source told Fox News that it appears the wounds to the suspect in the officer-involved shooting are not fatal.
US Secret Service personnel respond to a White House shooting, August 10, 2020. (Xinhua / Liu Jie via Getty Images)
In a brief joint press conference late Monday night with the Secret Service and MPD, officers stressed that the investigation was still in its early stages, and that city police would play a supportive role in that investigation.
“The Secret Service of Professional Responsibility will conduct an internal review of the officer’s actions,” said USSS Chief Tom Sullivan. “The Metropolitan Police Department was contacted to conduct an investigation.”
MPD Assistant Chief Jeff Carroll added that “members of the MPD Criminal Investigation Division are assisting with the ongoing investigation into the incident that took place here at the White House.”
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“In addition, Home Affairs members supported the Uniform Division’s Secret Service Professional Office that conducted its investigation as well,” he said. “At this point, the Metropolitan Police Department is in a supportive role while the United States Secret Service.”
The shooting took place on Monday afternoon, several minutes after President Trump took the pop stage in the James S. Brady House of Representatives. One who appeared to be an agent of the Secret Service told that the president’s shoes had been fired on the outside. The president then stopped and walked out of the room.
After returning to the pop stage, Trump said a shooting took place outside the White House building near the gate. He said more information will be released later.
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The president said he was not taken to the White House bunker, but was previously inducted into the Oval Office.
When a reporter asked the president, “Have you rattled that, Mr. President?”, Trump replied, “I like rattling?”
The president went on to praise the Secret Service, telling reporters, “I have such confidence in these people,” adding, “they are so good.”
Meanwhile, several sources told Fox News that there is no credible threat to the Capitol after the White House incident.
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Following the president’s remarks, the White House was still locked up, with press told to stay in the briefing room. By 7.30pm the lockdown was lifted.
Fox Papp’s Alex Pappas contributed to this report.
