First responders are at the scene of a shooting involving a Secret Service officer near the National Mall, the U.S. Secret Service tells News4.
One person was shot by an officer Monday afternoon at 15th Street NW and Independence Avenue, the Secret Service said.
A second person, a teenager, suffered a possible graze wound to his lower body. He walked over to an ambulance, where he was being treated by paramedics as of about 4:30 p.m. Eventually, the ambulance left for a hospital with a Secret Service escort.
The circumstances surrounding the shooting are not yet known. It’s unclear at this point if any shots were fired by anyone other than police.
Witnesses reported hearing at least five gunshots.
The scene is close to the Washington Monument.
“U.S. Secret Service personnel are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting at 15th Street and Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C. One individual was shot by law enforcement; their condition is currently unknown. Please avoid the area as emergency crews are responding,” the Secret Service said in a statement about 4:10 p.m.
Other law enforcement officers said that person was taken to a hospital in stable condition.
A weapon was recovered at the scene.
Streets in the area are blocked off right now for the investigation.
The shooting led to a brief evacuation of the White House North Lawn, according to Monica Alba of NBC News.
Members of the press out on the lawn were evacuated just after 3:40 p.m., when Secret Service officers ran out with long guns drawn and urged them to run inside the briefing room.
They were allowed back outside about seven minutes later.
President Trump was holding a small business event inside the White House then and was not aware at the time that anything had happened.
The White House is about a mile north of the Washington Monument.
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