<p data-start="159" data-end="295"><span style="font-weight: 400">Dozens of shots were reportedly fired outside the White House on Saturday, prompting a lockdown as President Trump met with close advisers in the Oval Office.</span></p>
<div id="attachment_1101169" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1101169" class="wp-image-1101169 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366955-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366955-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366955-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366955-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366955-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366955-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366955-1800x1200.jpg 1800w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366955-1200x800.jpg 1200w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /><p id="caption-attachment-1101169" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo by Brendan SMIALOWSKI / AFP via Getty Images)</p></div>
<p data-start="297" data-end="445">Around 6 p.m., White House reporters on the North Lawn were hurried into the press briefing room after hearing what sounded like nearly 30 gunshots.</p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">&#8220;I was in the middle of taping on my iPhone for a social video from the White House North Lawn when we heard the shots. It sounded like dozens of gunshots. We were told to sprint to the press briefing room where we are holding now,&#8221; ABC reporter Selina Wang posted on X. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">I was in the middle of taping on my iPhone for a social video from the White House North Lawn when we heard the shots. It sounded like dozens of gunshots. We were told to sprint to the press briefing room where we are holding now. <a href="https://t.co/iqdQwh4soq">pic.twitter.com/iqdQwh4soq</a></p>
<p>— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) <a href="https://twitter.com/selinawangtv/status/2058312115098697760?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The U.S. Secret Service said it is investigating the incident. </span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">“We are aware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and are working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground. Additional information will be provided as it becomes available,” <a href="https://x.com/SecretSvcSpox/status/2058318430139240542?s=20">the agency said.</a></span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The FBI is on the scene and supporting the Secret Service, according to Director Kash Patel.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400"><a href="https://x.com/OpenSourceZone/status/2058317467391255004?s=20">A dramatic video</a> showed U.S. Secret Service agents shouting at reporters to evacuate their camera positions.</span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Secret Service orders members of the press to abandon their reporting pods on the north lawn of the White House and go toward the briefing room after dozens of shots were heard nearby</p>
<p>Via <a href="https://twitter.com/NewsNation?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">@NewsNation</a> <a href="https://t.co/XDPJhCybVP">https://t.co/XDPJhCybVP</a> <a href="https://t.co/rPTGsgCGZz">pic.twitter.com/rPTGsgCGZz</a></p>
<p>— OSZ (@OpenSourceZone) <a href="https://twitter.com/OpenSourceZone/status/2058317467391255004?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2026</a></p>
<div id="attachment_1101167" style="width: 874px" class="wp-caption alignnone"><img loading="lazy" decoding="async" aria-describedby="caption-attachment-1101167" class="wp-image-1101167 size-large" src="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366620-864x576.jpg" alt="" width="864" height="576" srcset="https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366620-864x576.jpg 864w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366620-300x200.jpg 300w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366620-768x512.jpg 768w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366620-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366620-1200x800.jpg 1200w, https://dw-wp-production.imgix.net/2026/05/GettyImages-2277366620.jpg 1621w" sizes=" (max-width: 864px) 100vw, 864px" /><p id="caption-attachment-1101167" class="wp-caption-text">(Photo by Ulysse BELLIER / AFP via Getty Images)</p></div></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">Attorney and close ally of the Trump administration, Mike Davis, citing law enforcement, said the Secret Service shot two men outside the White House on 17th and Pennsylvania NW. </span></p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">Per law enforcement:</p>
<p>Secret Service shoots two men outside of White House on 17th and Pennsylvania NW.</p>
<p>— 🇺🇸 Mike Davis 🇺🇸 (@mrddmia) <a href="https://twitter.com/mrddmia/status/2058315520190071012?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw">May 23, 2026</a></p></blockquote>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">It remains unclear how many suspects may have been involved in the shooting or whether anyone has been arrested in connection with the incident.</span></p>
<p><span style="font-weight: 400">The shooting came roughly an hour after President Trump announced that a deal aimed at ending the conflict with Iran was close to being finalized.</span></p>
<p>The Daily Wire reached out to the U.S. Secret Service and the local police department for more information.</p>
<p><em>This is a breaking story. Stay with the Daily Wire as more details unfold. </em></p>

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