US President Donald Trump is removed from the press conference by the security service after the shooting in front of the White House.
Shock moment for Donald Trump (74). Because shots had been fired in front of the White House, the US president was quickly taken from the security service on Monday from a press briefing he had just held. As "CNN" reports, he returned minutes later and explained what had happened: "There was a shooting in front of the White House and it seems to be very well under control. I want the secret service for its always fast and very effective work, "said Trump.
The secret service also said late Monday evening that the incident began after a 51-year-old man turned to an intelligence official on the corner of 17th Street Northwest and Pennsylvania Avenue Northwest near the White House. "The suspect approached the officer and said he had a gun. The suspect then turned around, ran aggressively towards the officer and pulled something out of his clothes," the statement said. Then he got into the firing position, whereupon "the security officer fired his weapon and hit the person in the upper body."
According to "CNN", however, the attacker is said to have been unarmed, as it turned out later. He is said to have been taken to the hospital. How he is and why he behaved like that is unclear. An internal review of the security guard's behavior has been announced.