The Secret Service is on heightened alert after a shooting early Sunday near the park across from the White House, where President Trump is for the weekend.
No injuries were reported in the shooting, which occurred “in the vicinity of” Lafayette Park just north of the White House, and the person who fired the gun is still in the wind, authorities said.
“Secret Service Police, in coordination with the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Park Police, are actively seeking a possible vehicle and a person of interest. Our investigation is active,” the agency said in a statement.
“While operations at the White House remain normal, a heightened security posture is in place.”
The Secret Service has not released the name of a vehicle or person of interest, and the circumstances and reason behind the shooting are not clear, either. The shooting took place just after midnight.
Lafayette Park has been fenced off for weeks because of ongoing renovations.
Trump remained at the White House this weekend. On Sunday, his motorcade did a tour around Memorial Circle, where he intends to build an “Independence Arch,” and he went to Trump National Golf Club in Virginia.
The only major event on his schedule Sunday is a private family Easter dinner at the White House.
The shooting near the White House is just the latest security scare in recent weeks. Last weekend, authorities scrambled an F-16 fighter jet at Palm Beach International Airport in Florida, where Trump has his Mar-a-Lago residence, after losing contact with an aircraft in the area.
Air Force One was stationed at the airport at the time of the incident, though Trump was away on his golf course. Neither the president nor the presidential plane was in danger, the White House and Secret Service said.
Trump has survived multiple assassination attempts, including at the July 13, 2024, Butler, Pa., rally where a bullet came within a quarter inch of killing him. Later that year, Ryan Routh was detained after setting up a sniper’s nest at Trump International Golf Club.
Routh had been stationed about 400 yards from Trump before Secret Service spotted him and opened fire.
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