Secret Service checking reports of gunfire at 17th and Pennsylvania Ave near White House; complex locked down, journalists moved to briefing room — per CNN
In the area of the White House, sounds resembling gunshots were heard, the complex temporarily blocked, CNN reports. According to the TV channel, the Secret Service is checking reports of shooting at the intersection of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House grounds. Journalists on the North Lawn were urgently moved to the briefing room.
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