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Secret Service agent fires on man with a gun close to the White House

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 4 May 2026

⏱️ 1 minutes

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Summary

For the second time in as many weeks, a U.S. Secret Service agent fired a gun at an armed suspect in Washington D.C., less than a mile from the White House. The agency said an agent returned fire at a man carrying a gun. A bystander, a juvenile, was also injured. White House correspondent Liz Landers joins Amna Nawaz with more. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

For the second time in as many weeks, a U.S. Secret Service agent fired a gun at an armed suspect in Washington, D.C., less than a mile from the White House.

0:10.0

The agency said an agent returned fire at a man carrying a gun. A bystander, a juvenile, was also injured.

0:16.6

Our White House correspondent Liz Landers is here now with the latest. So, Liz, what do we know?

0:20.7

Omna, the Secret Service just gave a update a few minutes ago right there. Our White House correspondent, Liz Landers, is here now with the latest. So, Liz, what do we know?

0:26.0

Omna, the Secret Service just gave a update a few minutes ago right there on the scene of where this happened near the Washington monument here in Washington. And apparently, Secret Service identified

0:30.8

someone outside of the White House complex, who they thought looked suspicious, and they thought

0:34.2

they saw a gun on this person. They started following him. That person

0:38.5

then started to flee, apparently took out the firearm, shot at these Secret Service officers.

0:45.0

They returned fire. They hit the suspect. The suspect was transported to the hospital.

0:50.3

The deputy secret service director did not know that person's condition and at least one bystander, a child was hit.

0:56.9

Law enforcement believes that the child was hit by the suspect, but they're still investigating this.

1:01.7

The child does not have life-threatening injuries at this point.

1:05.1

And one more question that was asked of the deputy director about whether this was related to other attempts on the president's life.

1:11.4

He said that he can't say right now and he's not going to guess on that.

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