Secret Service Shoot "Suspect Brandishing Gun" at White House Checkpoint

[presence]

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/arti...ite-House.html

Brett Polivka, a 26-year-old visiting Washington, DC, from Texas, said he saw a man in his mid-20s holding a silver-colored gun

which was pointed at the ground.





'A couple officers drew their guns, went right at him andwithin two or three seconds we heard a gunshot,' Polivka said, adding that he believed it was an officer's shot.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/politi...use/index.html

Secret Service officers on Friday shot a man near a security checkpoint close to the White House after he apparently brandished a weapon, a law enforcement source said.The suspect was shot in the abdomen and taken into custody, according to two sources familiar with the incident. Witness told investigators they saw the suspect approaching officers with a gun in his hand, a law enforcement official told CNN. The suspect apparently refused to drop the gun and was shot.

http://www.cnn.com/2016/05/20/politi...use/index.html

[Suzanimal]

Shooting Reported at the White House While Obama Out Golfing

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Reporters at the White House were told to seek shelter in the basement and remain in the building while Secret Service cleared the North Lawn.

According to ABC News, Vice President Joe Biden was at the White House at the time but was immediately secured.

President Barack Obama was out golfing at the time of the incident, having left earlier in the afternoon for the golf course at Andrews Air Force Base.

***Update***

According to a White House official, the situation is under control.

“No one within or associated with the White House was injured, and everyone in the White House is safe and accounted for,” the official said. “The president has been made aware of the situation.”

http://www.breitbart.com/2016-presid..._medium=social

Whew!

[phill4paul]

I'm going to have to say that walking up to a pack of L.E.O.s with a gun drawn, even if pointed at the ground, is about one of the stupidest things I've heard in a while. Honestly, it sounds like a suicide by cops.

[Suzanimal]

[presence]

I'm going to have to say that walking up to a pack of L.E.O.s with a gun drawn, even if pointed at the ground, is about one of the stupidest things I've heard in a while. Honestly, it sounds like a suicide by cops.

Its unfortunate you can't say that about a cop walking up gun drawn an a pack of citizens.





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[Anti Federalist]

“No one within or associated with the White House was injured, and everyone in the White House is safe and accounted for,”

Whew...thank State for that anyways.

[phill4paul]

Whew...thank State for that anyways.

[pcosmar]

So he is still alive,,

wonder what his story is?

[pcosmar]

Point of curiosity;

Anyone else notice a lack of photos? of the alleged suspect?

You would think in a place so ringed with security,, that there would be photos of the man approaching,, the gun in hand,,

or whatever was thought to be a gun at the time.

I do see lots of photos of heavily armed men looking menacing.

[MelissaWV]

Point of curiosity;

Anyone else notice a lack of photos? of the alleged suspect?

You would think in a place so ringed with security,, that there would be photos of the man approaching,, the gun in hand,,

or whatever was thought to be a gun at the time.

I do see lots of photos of heavily armed men looking menacing.

Shooting Reported at the White House While Obama Out Golfing

He wasn't at the White House. This is a repeated issue with these reported "disturbances."

He was near the greater Metro area, so to speak, of the White House (which includes a bunch of big ole "Executive" buildings, some lawns, a bunch of little security huts, the area with the Christmas tree in winter, etc.), but not at the gates, and definitely not "on the lawn" as some reports seem to suggest.

[Working Poor]

I'm going to have to say that walking up to a pack of L.E.O.s with a gun drawn, even if pointed at the ground, is about one of the stupidest things I've heard in a while. Honestly, it sounds like a suicide by cops.

Just an extreme dumb @$$ Besides nobody can kill the president with CIA clearance.

[FindLiberty]

Was the weapon a white cane? Maybe it was a blind dead man walking there.

Actually, it does sound like a failed suicide attempt.