20-30 Gunshots Heard Outside White House – Press Ordered to Run Inside Briefing Room

[0:00] that president trump has said a deal is close only for the two sides to remain far apart [0:14] white house is in the hood what's everybody breaking news breaking news right now [0:30] trying to get myself situated they're saying that there were shots fired outside of the white house [0:39] maybe nearby i don't know take a look here that president trump has said a deal is close [0:48] only for the two sides to remain far apart that president trump has said a deal is close [1:03] only for the two sides to remain end of times man honestly we can get a live feed uh some coverage [1:13] on staff susan we're showing an old video of trump right now press corp is sheltering in place they [1:28] said in the white house briefing room 30 30 gunshots by the white house shortly after 6 p.m [1:41] ain't got no respect they don't care white house is in the hood man press corp is sheltering in place [2:09] at the white house briefing room this is literally just happening now so bear with me as scramble [2:27] get the information no respect man they don't care it's a white house on lockdown wow the white house [2:58] is on lockdown pimp let's see if i show you guys this clip here this is on lockdown right now live [3:39] active situation secret service active i guess they're searching to see where it's come from [4:16] oh the citizen okay the citizen lockdown i throw shots reportedly heard near the white house [4:52] play this video then this lady that president trump has said a deal is close only for the two sides to [5:23] remain far apart that president trump has wild man it's not safe anywhere nowhere they were also [5:47] saying that supposedly this is um supposedly they had secret service snipers on the roof [5:52] oh thank you for the video too uh here's some more video i'm just getting it in as it comes in so bear [6:12] with me okay so a lot of people out there cloudy rainy day [6:26] transcript fire department transcript audio uh medic to respond along with battalion chief six for shooting [7:14] 17th street and pennsylvania avenue operate on the tac channel okay here we go i got live scene guys [8:05] took a second um yeah when the stuff is like happening happening breaking breaking like crazy [8:12] i'm like shuffling all over the place to find things you know and uh so here we go we have a live feed [8:18] of the scene mass response you have to be with you regina do you have it [8:28] let me pull up the citizen on my phone let me see if there's any scanner audio so this would have [9:29] been on the corner of the white house i'm gonna show you a picture here the location they're saying [9:40] lockdown underway the white house in the lockdown [9:42] just for the the location white house here in the corner here thank you ellen appreciate it [10:45] so we're just waiting to see covering it live white house on lockdown reportedly 20 to 30 shots fired [11:04] reportedly i'll show you guys again those that are just joining now this lady here [11:17] that president trump has said a deal is this reporter was i guess doing a report when it [11:23] happened that president trump has said a deal is close only for the two sides to remain far apart [11:29] that president trump has said a deal is close only for the two sides to remain far apart [11:44] i wonder if that's the scene over there where they have these uh medics it's just wild to me too [12:56] like i don't know what the situation is what happened but you know like the lack of awareness [13:02] okay i'm by the white house sorry get bigger i'm by the white house you know maybe i shouldn't let [13:09] off shots you know just like how people on in a courtroom behaving act or on a plane like what [13:16] insane you know folks what's up yeah they don't get they don't care they don't really care man [13:59] don't think about the liability the risk is this a wise choice doing this right by the white house [14:05] white house is in the hood all right let's get this uh citizen let me take a look here [15:29] oh they have a live there too now i'm gonna pull it up just in case um what citizen says is the [15:38] incident was reported at the 1600 pennsylvania avenue northwest news multiple news outlets reported [15:47] hearing gunfire from reporters close to the white house heard dc news now the lockdown is underway [15:54] members of the press who are at the scene have been moved indoors the address was for the incident [16:01] has changed to 17 southwest or 17th street northwest and pennsylvania avenue northwest the north lawn was [16:10] reportedly cleared as secret service agents rushed reporters into the white house per cbs news a cbs [16:21] reporter stated that the gunfire sounded as if two weapons were firing there's an increased secret [16:31] service presence around the grounds and they pull this up [16:38] okay i got more live feeds too oh we got the full screen version here which [18:51] somebody fired we don't know this sounds like he's talking portuguese i think wherever that is [19:14] we're hearing in the background [19:28] that's wild then you probably think you're safe doing this at the white house we're [19:59] recording doing what you got to do not safe anywhere oh happy birthday chris man happy [20:10] birthday hope you have a good day oh true tammy i think i turned it on [20:22] oh really just on in the chat said fox news saying one gunman taken down on west side [20:53] okay you come this way [22:24] you might put your mic on for those of you that missed i just want to show you again there's a lot [22:35] of new people in here let me just show you the video in case you missed it there was a reporter [22:40] doing a report and this we can hear the shots being fired that president trump has said a deal is close [22:46] only for the two sides to remain far apart president trump has said a deal uh the fire department here [23:07] fire trucks that are moving as well as other law enforcement vehicles so i don't want to be in the way [23:11] but i'm just going to describe the scene to you right now we are seeing a lot of law enforcement [23:15] here on pennsylvania avenue streets between uh 16th 18th and 17th street all blocked off we have secret [23:21] service surrounding a perimeter line here we can't get past this point but as we've been reporting uh dc [23:30] police are responding to gunshots that were heard outside the white house uh today the white house [23:36] has been placed on lockdown according to multiple reports uh those reports of gunshots started just [23:43] around 6 p.m so we also just are trying to get more information but we just know that uh multiple [23:50] gunshots were heard outside of the white house uh people here standing by they have been coming to us [23:56] asking what happened and so we're trying to get more information but we do know that uh the secret [24:02] service as well as the fbi they are coordinating with dc police here as they continue to get um more [24:09] information out to the public of what happened but uh if you're just joining in we do know that uh police [24:17] are responding to these gunshots um they responded to the gunshots near the white house um it has been [24:22] placed on lockdown we do know that also correspondence as well as the um press pool they were inside the [24:29] white house and they were placed on lockdown um we're trying to again get more information and more [24:34] confirmation as soon as we do we'll be sure to share it with you but for now sydney i'm going to send it [24:39] back to you i'll send it back after this commercial break regina we don't have any info yet what happened [25:09] right hey oh imagine jp that's crazy if that was imagine i'm checking for some uh whatever new [25:37] information is coming out um oh there's new footage apparently oh let me see yeah okay here's a new [25:45] clip let me show you guys i'm scanning for every little new thing that pops up so check this out [25:52] here no it's weakening [26:18] cash patel says uh fbi is on scene and supporting secret service responding to shots fired near the [27:14] white house nick sorter saying that the gunman was taken down after being shot what wait what he said a [27:27] gunman fired at the white house multiple times with a firearm causing us secret service to return [27:34] fire per fox the gunman has been taken down after being shot yet another gunman trying to get at [27:42] president trump absolutely insane they're saying i guess he's saying that just back to the show don't [28:06] hear enough so take this one for now i'm gonna get some some uh i don't think they're gonna come to us [28:22] you know we have breaking news cnn reporters heard what appeared to be dozens of gunshots near the [29:08] white house a short time ago julia benbrook is now inside in the press briefing room julia bring us [29:14] up to speed what you heard and what you know yeah i'm here with other white house reporters photographers [29:23] we are now in the briefing room this is where secret service rushed us to after we heard what [29:29] appeared to be dozens of gunshots and i want to paint the picture for you a little bit we're here in [29:34] the briefing room and then you can kind of see out the window secret service is currently working the [29:39] north lawn there to make sure everything is okay but that's where we do live shots is those green [29:45] tents out there and i was just speaking to you from out there um just before this happened and then [29:51] reporters were rushed into the briefing room after again what appeared to be dozens of gunshots now we [29:59] have reached out to secret service and the white house for more information this is all still unfolding [30:04] it is really unclear right now if anyone was injured these gunshots though to be clear appeared [30:13] outside of the grounds closer to the eeo e eo b building which is on the west side of the white house so [30:20] while we could hear them we're not exactly sure where these took place again if anyone was injured we [30:26] are waiting on more information but just the visual of of all these reporters running in here this happening [30:34] just about a month after the white house correspondence dinner where a lot of the same [30:38] group was on the ground in a situation where there was a shooter there as well a scary moment and we [30:45] are looking for more information trying to understand exactly what happened here what we do know is that [30:50] we heard what appeared to be dozens of gunshots very close to the white house grounds jessica [30:55] i think it's a hope [31:20] here's um [31:28] cameron louis uh cameron our photographer left his camera uh we left our bags they told us to run run [31:39] as fast as you can to the press briefing room um again i would say maybe it's 75 80 yards inside the [31:46] press briefing room right now uh seeing reporters probably maybe two dozen of us uh still on lockdown [31:53] right now um not able to get out but again uh it's saturday night it's a little quieter not as busy [31:59] as typically would be during the week um but uh we again have not been given the all clear uh to get [32:08] out we haven't heard yet from the secret service um but we can still see some agents obviously out there [32:14] on the north lawn right um but uh yeah you see the lights on uh you know everyone just ran for it [32:22] uh once literally uh cameron our photographer left his camera uh we left no i bill hasn't sent me anything [32:33] can you send me that please but i oh you just yes right yeah then i can see in case you mention i can zoom [32:48] in case you're going down there okay uh something sort of like this [32:51] alors là il faut bien comprendre que a priori ça s'est passé à l'angle de la 17ème rue et de [32:57] pennsylvania avenue c'est-à-dire qu'on est en dehors du périmètre on est dans la rue là il y a des [33:02] passants il y a des badeaux donc il est tout à fait possible que quelqu'un se balade avec une [33:06] armature okay take this with a grain of salt okay because you know information's flying in [33:26] there's this person i'm not sure who this guy is oh he's he's a reporter you see julio rosas [33:33] i know he says dc law enforcement confirm or tells me secret service shot two men outside [33:40] of the white house at 17th street and pennsylvania avenue one unconscious slash not breathing the [33:47] other one conscious and breathing it's working to confirm it fox said though one gunman dead [33:58] and a bystander wait i'm gonna have to confirm that so just grain of salt [34:25] okay here's a short box report they're saying yeah they took down shooting [34:51] i'm told that a gunman came up near the white house on the west side what is described to me as [35:02] gate 17 this is kind of near 14th street on the west side of the white house and came up and [35:07] brandished some sort of a pistol we don't know what type of pistol it was but he then fired toward the [35:14] white house three times and the united states secret service they returned fire we don't know how [35:19] many shots that they got off and they apparently took the gunman down i'm told that a gunman came [35:26] up near the white house on the west side what is described to me as gate 17 this is kind of near 14th [35:32] street on the west side of the white house and came up and brandished some sort of a pistol we don't know [35:37] what type of pistol it was but he then fired toward the white house three times in the united states [35:43] secret service they returned fire we don't know how many shots that they got off and they apparently [35:49] took the gunman down i'm told that a gunman came up near the white house on the west side what is [35:55] described to me as gate 17 this is kind of near 14th street on the west side of the white house [36:01] and came up and brandished some sort of a pistol we don't know what type of pistol it was but he then [36:07] fired toward the white house three times in the united states secret service they returned fire we don't [36:13] know how many shots that they got off and they apparently took the gunman down [36:18] limited information at this time and this is really as far as we can go they've sort of set [36:28] up a perimeter line here we're also seeing other members of the media here but really here on [36:34] pennsylvania avenue as well as just between 17th 18th and 16th street those areas are blocked off with [36:42] a very large law enforcement presence as they continue to investigate this and this obviously comes just [36:49] weeks after the white house correspondence dinner where there was another incident just outside the [36:55] hilton hotel where a gunman also tried to get as close into the dinner and shoot towards allegedly the [37:07] president and so right now obviously now we're getting these reports of gunshots outside the white house [37:15] a lot of people around here walking around uh trying to also understand what happened get more [37:22] information and believe me we are on the same page as many of you still trying to confirm exactly what [37:29] happened but i just want to reiterate so we're here on pennsylvania avenue and 18th street the streets [37:35] here are blocked off secret service is uh trying to um detour traffic into other directions trying to [37:45] let people know that this area is blocked off we're seeing an immense presence of law enforcement [37:51] not only from dc police but also secret service we're also noticing fbi is coordinating with mpd secret [37:59] service um but as we know just from a little bit uh this all started around 6 p.m gunshots were [38:07] reported near the white house today journalists were part of the press pool at the white house they have [38:14] reported that they've been put on lockdown there were people who were getting ready to go live on [38:20] their shows when they started to hear multiple gunshots so definitely just a really concerning and [38:25] a scary feeling not only for the people tourists who also walk around here close to [38:33] the perimeter outside perimeter of the white house again from what we know just from what fox news [38:39] has reported an individual fired gunshots at least three times outside the white house the person [38:47] never got inside the perimeter we also know that that person was shot by secret service [38:52] fox news also reporting a civilian was hit by uh by gunfire um and again we are still trying to check [39:00] on social media to see any updates from the fbi who is uh obviously helping in this case to investigate [39:09] what happened but just again this is memorial day weekend many people are out and about even with the [39:18] rain they're trying to explore dc this is an area where we see a lot of tourists so we really don't know [39:24] the amount of people who were near where those gunshots were fired but we do know uh that there [39:30] were multiple gunshots fired just outside of the white house as soon as we get more information if [39:36] we're able to talk to any law enforcement any official out here we'll be sure to share with you [39:42] the latest information but as of right now this is really what the scene looks like on pennsylvania [39:47] avenue sydney i'm going to send it back to you suspect shot and a bystander shot [40:00] too slowly maybe that's where they're getting people reporting like a second person yeah and i'm [40:19] glad you mentioned that i think when we got here it was mainly towards the aftermath once um from what [40:25] we've been you know just talking about it seems like uh law enforcement uh have been intervening just [40:32] with any uh public here who might be concerned of what's happening but there is no sense of uh you know [40:40] of alarm i guess you could say or just this a sense of uh there's obviously a sense of concern of what's [40:46] happening but definitely just a lot of questions of what is going on when you see this amount of law [40:52] enforcement that's what you're sort of uh getting right questions of what happened is the situation [40:58] under control and i can tell you just from law enforcement being here this is a good sign that we [41:03] have uh secret service here on standby we have dc police as well and fbi so uh that i can't tell you [41:11] although we're getting very limited information of what exactly unfolded as far as those gunshots and [41:17] that shooter who fired multiple gunshots but um just getting really reaction from people in this area [41:25] it's more of what happened what's going on um just to get you just a little bit more on [41:33] what we're seeing out here again law enforcement in this area pennsylvania avenue as well as 18th street [41:40] and 17th street they seem to be blocked off that's probably going to be the case for the next couple of [41:46] hours um but as i was mentioning sydney i mean you know this is an area where people walk through a lot [41:53] no matter what the weather looks like you're always going to see people who want to pass by the [41:58] white house tourists especially on this uh you know busy weekend this is a holiday weekend memorial [42:03] day weekend so um i don't know we we still don't know thank you who were the people um there at that [42:11] time when gunshots were heard in the area but i can tell you if there were people nearby uh there was [42:18] definitely a concern and an alarm and just a scary uh scary scene and just to hear that for anybody it [42:28] is very scary so we still have no indication yet of who was there other than from what fox news has [42:38] reported and if you're just tuning in this is pennsylvania avenue and 18th street this is what it looks [42:45] like with law enforcement uh we have secret service dc police we also know that um fox news reporting an [42:53] individual fired shots at least three times outside the white house we know that uh the president was [43:00] inside um and we also know that that person was then shot by secret service but uh still trying to [43:06] get more details on this case sydney that's crazy so yeah it's being reported one shooter one person [43:15] suspect shot and then there was supposedly um i think they're seeing a uh some type of bystander [43:23] what i'm hearing some sort of what we have here around six o'clock eastern time uh there was uh you [43:31] could hear people who were on the ground there i wasn't there but you know but there was a report of [43:36] gunfire uh near the white house and i jumped in here because sometimes you know when there's a threat [43:41] at the white house or the executive branch maybe there's something going on at the capitol so i started [43:45] to dial in with sources there we're told that this was on the west side of the white house grounds [43:52] again you have the white house and you also have the outer perimeter there gate 17 as i it was [43:57] described to me near the eisenhower executive office building somebody came up and brandished some [44:02] sort of a pistol i'm told that it was a pistol in fact not a long gun or a rifle or anything like that [44:09] and the alleged gunman got off at least three shots and the united states secret service who [44:15] obviously prowl that area you know some things might not be obvious to people walking by uh but [44:21] certainly to the people you know guarding the perimeter they responded to this they're trained [44:25] to respond to that gunfire and i'm told and this was the quote that was given to me that they [44:30] took the suspect down quote they took him down so this is a male suspect i'm also told that somewhere [44:36] uh in this process that a civilian was struck we don't know how many shots that the secret service [44:43] or other law enforcement might have gotten off again they'll have to go through the ballistics [44:48] evidence of this and we don't know the condition of the gunman or the suspect but the important [44:52] thing here is that the president united states is safe and that the alleged gunman never got inside [44:59] the white house that's crazy man and when you think about it like this what was the last one the [45:04] white house correspondent dinner the guy that just like ran in there like a nut job didn't really have [45:11] any kind of special planning i mean he had a little bit of prep he walked it well he critiqued the [45:17] secret service too he was like damn this hotel that's it like it's that easy to get in here you [45:21] would have thought they'd be everywhere he critiqued the secret service he walks right up the last dude [45:27] the dog is pinging on him the dog is hey something's wrong something's wrong he walks into the side [45:32] room the secret service guy just i don't know for some reason lets him go basically and he just runs [45:37] past the detectors and somehow they you know they took him down now this person you know just firing [45:45] shots just right hoping to hit something i guess not well planned or coordinated not a mastermind i [45:52] don't know if it's like desperation mental health we have you by phone can you break this down for us [45:57] well tell me this is what always happens when we have something like this i always start to check in [46:01] on the security situation of the white house but this is what happened around six o'clock this evening [46:06] i'm told that a gunman came up near the white house on the west side what is described to me as gate 17 [46:12] this is kind of near 14th street on the west side of the white house and came up and brandished some [46:17] sort of a pistol we don't know what type of pistol it was but he then fired toward the white house three [46:24] times in the united states secret service they returned fire we don't know how many shots that they got off [46:30] and they apparently took the gunman down now sometime in this gunfire exchange a civilian [46:37] on the street was struck by this gunfire and we do not know the condition of that person right now [46:43] but the important thing to know is that the gunman who came up with the pistol and was taken down by [46:47] the secret service and we don't know his condition right now but he never got inside the perimeter [46:53] of the white house and this is according to a senior administration official with direct knowledge [46:58] of what went down at the white house this afternoon this was right around six o'clock eastern time [47:10] silence and we can live this in peace in israel and not afraid that something will happen to us [47:18] we want to be pissed we want to be like i have again the video necklace but i took it off when i came [47:27] here so you know it's scary to go around with this kind of like um sign that say well i'm here you can't [47:34] hurt me that's really scary so i just hope one day we can all be proud from where i come and not [47:40] to be scared to go in the street and tell where i'm from that's it i think it's what all of us want [47:46] and we want all of all the people to be saved and everyone just to try to know better and try to [47:52] everyone hear stuff in the internet and they don't understand that's not not everything is true and [47:57] there is a lot more and i hope everyone just try to hear every side of the story and everything [48:03] and i hope everything is okay there and everybody is okay here too there are how old are you i'm 16 16. [48:11] what is your name i mean how do you spell that a-m-i-t and your last name unci-u-n-c-i-g it's really [48:19] hard to spell in Hebrew too i meet i meet yeah what was your name gal how do you spell that g-a-l okay [48:27] and your last name uh the same what about you do deal well in the same thing in your name r-i-n-i-t [48:36] oh my god well thank you so much for for talking to us uh well yeah honestly and such a wonderful [48:42] daughter here i mean you should run yeah you should you should probably be a politician too [48:49] yeah or somebody said you know or you can take my job [48:53] okay um so another update they're saying the white house shooter is in critical condition after being [48:59] shot by the secret service no secret service agents were injured and trump is safe unfortunately [49:05] the bystander was shot isn't and is in serious condition why are uh the fire department here [49:12] fire trucks that are moving as well as other law enforcement vehicles so i don't want to be in the [49:16] way but i'm just going to describe the scene to you right now we are seeing a lot of law enforcement [49:21] here on pennsylvania avenue streets between uh 16th 18th and 17th street all blocked off we have secret [49:27] service surrounding a perimeter line here um we can't get past this point but as we've been reporting uh dc [49:35] police are responding to gunshots that were heard outside the white house uh today the white house [49:41] has been placed on lockdown according to multiple reports uh those reports of gunshots started just [49:48] around 6 p.m so we also just are trying to get more information but we just know that uh multiple gunshots [49:56] were heard outside of the white house uh people here standing by they have been coming to us asking what [50:02] happened and so we're trying to get more information but we do know that uh the secret service as well [50:08] as the fbi they are coordinating with dc police here as they continue that uh police are responding [50:14] to these gunshots um they responded to the gunshots near the white house um it has been placed on lockdown [50:20] 17th street all blocked off we have secret service surrounding a perimeter line here we can't get past [50:27] this point but as we've been reporting uh dc police are responding happened placed on lockdown we do know [50:34] that also correspondence as well as wow so the bystanders in critical or serious condition [50:43] and the shooters in critical condition what are the motives is there going to be another manifesto [51:04] is there going to be uh hate speech writings and stuff on the gun or whatever is it going to be tick [51:11] talkers gosh what is it going to be they're also um on a different situation just the fyi they're [51:20] saying there's an active shooter situation with multiple victims in king's colony neighborhood in [51:25] eastern montgomery county tex what's going on there's somebody went off they're saying multiple victims [51:34] in israel and not afraid that something will happen to us we want to be fished lockdown lifted okay let me [52:25] double check that citizens yeah supposedly reportedly lockdown lifted according to cnn yeah so i wonder [52:43] if these people will survive and then what's the suspect's name what does he look like that keeps rising [53:01] man that's kind of scary too we're gonna have to do on a different live update the track what's going on [53:07] with ebola in dc that was an interview that fox 5 got moments ago with that family there back out to the live images [53:37] as authorities continue to investigate the situation outside the white house uh let's just sit on some [53:45] of these live vantage points right now and let's go over some of the latest reporting that's coming off [53:49] the news wires and from fox news um let's recap some of what we're seeing um and just to reset we do see [53:59] that some new people are joining uh to catch you up uh we have been following developments in the [54:05] nation's capital uh there were shots fired near the white house and it caused the white house to go [54:12] on lockdown the white house press pool that was there on the north lawn they were quickly escorted [54:17] inside and they sheltered in place inside the white house briefing room shortly after we heard that that [54:22] was happening we started getting these images from the scene roughly in the area of 17th and [54:30] pennsylvania avenue police obviously building a perimeter around the white house as law enforcement [54:36] continue to respond to the situation there were no immediate reports of injuries or information [54:42] about the circumstances according to the associated press that does not mean that we will not [54:46] eventually hear um a revised version of that that just simply means we don't have any confirmed [54:52] information at this point the secret service said on social media that they are aware of reports [54:58] of shots fired near 17th street and pennsylvania avenue northwest one block from the white house [55:04] and that they were working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground in a [55:08] social media post fbi director cash patel said that officers were responding to shots fired and said [55:15] that he would update the public as they're able to president trump was inside the white house at the time [55:21] that this happened we know that he's been working on a deal with iran something that we were reporting [55:27] quite extensively on earlier in the day president tweeting out that he was [55:33] in the oval office making phone calls he in fact was on the phone with a number of leaders of middle [55:40] eastern countries and israel and he says that a ceasefire deal is close although it has not been [55:48] agreed upon yet nonetheless i say all that to say that the president was working in the oval office [55:55] around the time that this was happening the metropolitan police department did not immediately [55:59] respond to requests for information from the associated press the gunfire today is coming nearly [56:05] a month after what law enforcement authorities said was an attempted assassination of the president [56:11] back on april 25th as he attended the annual white house correspondence association dinner [56:18] at uh the washington hilton in fact that happened i believe uh about four weeks ago today i want to say [56:29] um that happened on a saturday as well so the secret service monitoring the scene and also i should just [56:40] remind everybody that fox news's chief congressional correspondent chad pergram he had and i'll just ask our [56:49] producing team nina and julie here if we can get the chad pergram social media post because he did give us a [56:55] little bit more insight into a shooter pergram says the secret service took down a shooter and i'm now [57:05] reading from the secret service or excuse me from the associated press that secret service officers shot [57:11] a suspect that they said had fired at officers near the washington monument also near the white house so [57:19] that's new information to me i'm just reading this now on the newswire um so i'll reiterate that a new [57:26] piece of information that i'm getting in from the associated press here as we continue to look at [57:30] these live vantage points people moving through the streets of this active police situation the ap reports [57:37] that secret service officers shot a suspect that they said had fired at officers near the washington [57:44] monument so uh it's possible that um some of the videos that are circulating on social media where you [57:54] can hear the gunshots themselves um i'll be curious to listen to authorities later today maybe they can [58:01] clarify out of the shots that were heard how many of them were from a suspect and how many of those were [58:08] from officers we simply don't have that information at this time we have this live look at pebble beach [58:18] this is where the white house correspondence crews gather to do their live hits and i've been seeing [58:24] reporters kind of coming in and out of this shot this is um in the uh is in front of the white house [58:33] so we've been watching reporters kind of walking back and forth uh going in the white house and then [58:38] coming back out to this pebble beach area uh we also did see some officers armed officers walking on this [58:47] sidewalk a little bit earlier in the evening so it's gonna start getting dark here and uh it might detract [58:57] from the visibility of our scene unclear to me and i don't believe i've read anywhere i don't think [59:03] any of us in the room here have read if there will be a confirmed press conference right i'm getting [59:10] no's from inside the room here so i'll be looking for official word from the fbi perhaps from fbi [59:16] director cash patel uh the dc police department of course the secret service is involved in the [59:22] investigation too we simply don't have a lot of clarity on the circumstances surrounding this [59:29] shooting all we have are the images on our screen and what's being reported by the news outlets in [59:34] the area box 5 dc also uh spoke with a family visiting from out of town they were there doing [59:42] some visits to some of the monuments out there and they um had to get moved away from some of these [59:50] areas as the shooting unfolded so we here live now are going to step away for a quick commercial [59:58] okay so i guess this wasn't another assassination attempt because at first it seemed like they were [1:00:05] saying he just shot randomly at the white house but now maybe he was shooting at cops have gone mad [1:00:19] now they're already saying what the shooter must be gender or sexual identity or race i see people [1:00:31] talking about it already so let me check citizens again too the lockdown is cleared reportedly the [1:01:00] suspect is in critical condition and the bystander is in serious condition trump was inside of the [1:01:13] white house when it happened let me see what else let's see if we get any other updates i don't know [1:01:47] if they're gonna do any kind of press conference did this guy have any motives he's just having a bad day [1:01:54] oh another clip of a shooting bro show we're just like huh what guys should i do something what's [1:02:19] going on she's just chilling [1:02:25] bro that's so crazy [1:02:37] that's insane man what the is that yo i gotta record i gotta clip that [1:02:43] that is insane to see man she just she's still don't even know what's going on who knows where [1:03:13] she's at now what this is crazy um then there was something else i saw lost it in the abyss oh here it [1:03:31] is so they're saying suspect approached the checkpoint near the white house fired at officers [1:03:38] i mean he still maybe was trying to get in there wasn't well thought out or planned i guess suspect [1:03:46] in the white house shooting was taken down and taken to the hospital a wild reaction i guess people [1:03:58] react to things differently but i remember was it the vegas shooting the guy in the hotel shooting at [1:04:05] everybody down there most people started running started running taking cover some people just like [1:04:10] stood there kind of like what it's just like like shots going off you know she just seems like [1:04:26] completely lost maybe she's in a bubble her whole life protected i mean she's an alien or something [1:04:35] okay let's see correspondence dinner shooting took place that shooting situation that happened there oh [1:04:43] really so we will be checking in with jamie shortly here russia in fact it looks like jamie just popped [1:04:50] on line for me and jamie um we can't see you but i just want to let you know that your voice is [1:04:57] coming through and my voice is coming over this is austin do you are we connected jamie jamie yes i am [1:05:02] on now austin how are you i am doing well uh thank you for joining us uh a troubling situation to hear of [1:05:08] uh in dc uh a major security situation and jamie i know um you know we've been looking at the perimeter [1:05:16] that law enforcement have built around this area you and i often talk about uh these large police [1:05:22] scenes uh i think we've had you on for active shooting situations things of that nature this [1:05:27] does not appear to be one of those this does not appear to be an active shooting situation [1:05:31] uh it appears at least according to reuters that the suspect approached a checkpoint near the white house [1:05:39] fired at officers right and then the suspect was taken down and taken to the hospital [1:05:47] the scene is now contained no law enforcement personnel were injured so reuters just sending [1:05:53] that out moments ago phil uh moments ago from phil stewart so jamie uh i know we're working with [1:06:01] preliminary information at this point but what's the first thing that law enforcement agencies have to do [1:06:09] when they hear of shots fired near the white house yeah immediately you want to go and contain that [1:06:15] shooter austin as we saw and uh witnessed here um you want to neutralize that shooter whether it's [1:06:21] taking him into custody or shots fired and neutral neutralizing that suspect that way you just don't [1:06:27] want him at large to where other people could be involved and potentially get shot or killed um during [1:06:32] that um that attack initially and uh we don't know of a motive we don't know the circumstances [1:06:39] surrounding the shooting all we know is that one person was taken down and now they've been taken [1:06:45] to the hospital uh but man you see from reuters again the suspect approached a checkpoint near the [1:06:51] white house and fired at officers um we just at the white house correspondence dinner we had [1:06:59] a suspect rush a checkpoint at the hilton hotel and and ultimately that ended in a shootout [1:07:06] uh is there a parallel to be drawn between that situation and what we're learning about here [1:07:11] well it is and it's called unhinged people um you know we didn't see this 20 years ago and it's [1:07:16] progressively getting worse uh the rhetoric on both sides that perhaps may have amplified all the above [1:07:21] and and like you said you and i just covered the uh white house correspondence shooter where he rushed [1:07:26] that um magnetometer we saw the uh the video in the aftermath of that um this one we just don't know [1:07:32] what the motive was austin uh we do know that president trump was in the oval office uh at the [1:07:37] time of this um but here's what we're what we do know i was just up in the district recently and the [1:07:43] perimeter of the white house gets larger and larger as months and weeks pass so you know they've [1:07:49] widened the perimeter they're certainly all hands on deck they've increased um not only undercover [1:07:55] secret agents uh secret service agents but also uniform secret service agents to go out and [1:08:00] patrol that outer perimeter jamie i'm not sure how how um clear the vantage point is from from your [1:08:10] screen what you can see on your end but our videographer is zoomed in on some police tape [1:08:15] and then it looks like there's some evidence on the ground there they've got some cones out there [1:08:20] um showing uh it looks like they're marking some things on the ground there perhaps [1:08:24] um a crime scene i don't know how how good you're able to see what i'm able to see but [1:08:29] are you able to kind of pick out any details here yeah absolutely i mean we're hearing potentially [1:08:35] 20 to 30 shots fired we don't know who fired those shots but this crime scene certainly would depict um [1:08:41] that's the area of where this all started and what they want to do is go out and mark all the shell [1:08:47] casings um as we see with those small cones underneath that crime scene tape but more importantly [1:08:53] you want to cordon off that entire area it is a blood and action crime scene austin so they have to process [1:08:58] it as a crime the individual was taken to the hospital later i'm assuming to be charged so [1:09:03] they're going to work it as a criminal investigation and that crime scene will be up for a matter of [1:09:08] hours until they photograph and collect all the evidentiary values so a number of shots were fired [1:09:15] there there are videos circulating on social media where you can hear the shots um one question i have [1:09:21] and i'm curious if if your take on on the relevance of this question um when you hear of shots fired uh [1:09:30] you you really don't know who the shots were fired by that could be the suspects or suspect or that [1:09:35] could be return fire from officers correct absolutely just like we've seen at the white house [1:09:41] correspondence dinner the bad guy in that case actually was able to fire uh super service return [1:09:47] fire so in this case it's just too early to determine um who is in charge of those rounds [1:09:53] that we see the casings laying on the sidewalk there um whether it's secret service or the bad guys we [1:09:58] just don't know yet um you know here's the other thing too they're going to canvas that entire area [1:10:03] um for any video surveillance uh we know that the white house is secured very good with uh video [1:10:09] surveillance so they're going to go down and replay all that um we see the officers walking in the [1:10:14] street now so everything's shut down on pennsylvania avenue so you know they want to go out and get [1:10:19] eye and ear witnesses as well but here's here's another third 100 000 or question austin was this [1:10:24] a lone actor uh did someone drop him off with this weapon so they want to canvas the neighborhood to [1:10:30] see if they find any uh perhaps abandoned cars or a kid you're gonna be a good boy sonny i'll see you [1:10:35] later okay yes mother it's about it's approaching 7 45 in dc and just a reset for everybody uh i'm [1:10:44] austin westfall law enforcement expert jamie copenhaver is here with me we're kind of talking through [1:10:50] this breaking news scene i've been checking in on updates from the associated press and from fox news [1:10:56] as they've been tracking latest developments from this shooting situation in washington [1:11:02] yeah i gotta ask you jamie um it's interesting when we go over scenes like this because um all of [1:11:11] this it happens kind of in real time and and forgive me as i kind of go through these different scenes [1:11:16] here i've got four or five different angles of this uh spread out here and i've kind of got all of them [1:11:23] in my periphery so i'm switching between which ones i see have the most movement and some of them do and [1:11:30] then we've got this one right here where they're zooming back in on some of the police tape and i [1:11:35] gotta say it's just really tough to make out that part of the scene right there maybe i wish i had like [1:12:04] a super center with access to all these feeds like in one place well i guess we'll have to see for uh [1:13:03] some official updates or if we do a press conference i'm curious to know who the suspect was i don't you [1:13:10] know i don't know is it gonna be deep or not is it gonna be some tick tock shit or i don't know [1:13:19] thinking of the san diego shooters but um yeah i don't know this person clearly wasn't thinking [1:13:29] maybe deranged who knows poor planning aspiration just gonna walk up to the security gate and start [1:13:37] shooting glad he failed and didn't kill anybody hopefully the bystander comes out okay at los [1:14:52] alamitos racetrack i am here at the command command post set up with we gotta keep an eye for cali too if [1:15:03] that thing blows up with um uniformed secret service agents that are on duty 24 7. first time [1:15:38] i ever walked by the white house i walked this exact intersection just like you said so many people do [1:15:44] this walkway this exact intersection here i believe 17th and pennsylvania this is where you would be if [1:15:51] you wanted to be in the middle of it all especially if you're a tourist visiting some of these areas i need [1:15:56] to say one update here we just got some new reporting in from the ap i'm going to read some of this because [1:16:01] there's a there's a few paragraphs of information here uh and again i'll just read the ap's reporting [1:16:07] verbatim they say that the u.s secret service shot a person near the white house earlier today and a [1:16:13] bystander also was shot a law enforcement official said both people were said to be in critical condition [1:16:20] according to the official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not [1:16:25] authorized to discuss the investigation journalists working at the white house on saturday reported hearing [1:16:31] a series of gunshots and were told to seek shelter inside the press briefing room on x the secret [1:16:37] service said it was aware of reports of shots fired near 17th and pennsylvania which is one block from [1:16:43] the white house and they were working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground [1:16:48] that said it will have an update shortly and then in a social media post fbi director cash patel said [1:16:54] officers were responding to shots fired and said that he would update the public as they're able to now if [1:17:00] there will be a press briefing on camera we will let the audience know as soon as we get a little [1:17:06] more clarity on what that would look like and what agency will be holding it when it will take place [1:17:12] but that's the update for now the ap says that two people are in critical condition secret service [1:17:19] shooting a person and then a bystander also was shot what's not clear to me from this reporting at least [1:17:26] is who was shot by or who the bystander was shot by jamie do you have that same question oh absolutely [1:17:35] uh you know the shooting team once they get into the investigation they'll be able to determine it [1:17:39] once that projectile is removed from the bodies of both of these individuals that were shot [1:17:44] plus you're going to have eyewitnesses you're going to have the secret service agents and the uniform [1:17:48] agents um will offer up testimony there on the scene so you know i'm sure they're going to get a handle [1:17:54] as to whether it's friendly fire or not we just don't know yet um but once again everything there [1:18:00] is under video surveillance austin we're going to have a really good recap of what occurred and the [1:18:05] investigators can certainly come over that and figure out um were their shots were were fired by [1:18:10] secret service or the bad guy we just don't know but it is a burning question um was it friendly fire [1:18:16] you're familiar with the area uh and you're familiar with the security situation at the white house i know [1:18:21] um what's the actual likelihood that president trump could have actually been in any danger here [1:18:27] very little um you know that white house is is certainly secured by um inches and inches thick [1:18:33] of glass windows so it's it's not going to penetrate through any glass windows or the oval office [1:18:39] and then you have that large perimeter around the white house itself so you know they have canines on [1:18:44] duty had the bad guy um penetrated the white house grounds and was actually beyond the fence you're [1:18:50] going to have a canine unit you're going to have an element of um swat operators that are going to [1:18:55] be snipers on the roof of the right white house that's going to take a shot potentially at that uh [1:19:00] invader if you want to call him that um but as far as the president um absolutely no threat to the [1:19:06] president or anyone inside the white house you know austin here here's the bad part um there on pebble [1:19:12] beach you've we've both been there um the journalists are out in the wilderness for lack of better [1:19:17] words they have no protection um if you have a shooting or a shooter on the white house grounds [1:19:22] um they're going to be running into the white house for some type of cover so they're sort of out [1:19:27] there unprotected um on pebble beach where all the tents are set up we have a live camera that's at [1:19:32] pebble beach um it's watched some of the reporters and other media members kind of go back and forth [1:19:39] between the north lawn area and inside the white house they were uh all right i think that's it for now [1:19:46] for me um i will keep you guys posted of course like i said um i'm gonna be looking out for if [1:19:54] they release the suspect's name or picture or more information and also we've been covering this [1:20:00] california situation with this chemical leak where they said the only options it's either gonna leak [1:20:06] out six to seven thousand gallons of chemical or it's gonna explode which could potentially cause the [1:20:14] other tanks to explode and they evacuated 40 000 people and so we've been following that so i'm [1:20:20] going to keep an eye on that and also there's an active shooter situation i don't know if the guy [1:20:26] is subdued now but he might be subdued it's in texas i don't know actually if he subdued active [1:20:31] shooter law enforcement agencies are responding to reports of a shooting involving multiple victims [1:20:35] in texas in a place called king's colony neighborhood near roman forest according to [1:20:41] an early emergency reports the incident unfolded in nottingham road area i feel like i've heard of that [1:20:47] road before in king's colony they haven't updated i mean did they catch these people or what [1:20:56] i think i read three victims world's upside down sheriffs are working with an active shooter maybe [1:21:08] they're still dealing with them roman forest police department it's already cordoned off um post [1:21:43] incident you want to go out and make sure that you have all the evidentiary items collected you want [1:21:47] to make sure there's no getaway car um keep in mind the bad guy uh arrived some way he perhaps could [1:21:53] have been staying in a nearby hotel so you want to do all the timeline and chronological order stuff before [1:21:59] you've released that lockdown um because keep in mind it's a crime scene um it'll be charged in federal [1:22:05] court one yeah that situation in texas might still be active i guess because they haven't updated it [1:22:10] i don't i want it to stand off barricade i'm not sure what's going on with that so um anyway yeah [1:22:21] i'm gonna take off a little bit and chill i'm gonna attempt to chill again um it's my birthday today [1:22:27] i went and did some stuff earlier today and i said you know i'd become stream for a little bit and i was [1:22:32] covering the cali stuff and then like all right i'm gonna chill now relax for a bit of course boom [1:22:37] this should happen it's like holy crap i knew i had to jump on and jump on quick so but yeah i'll [1:22:52] come back if anything crazy happens right appreciate you guys be safe people are crazy people are like [1:22:57] you know people are just you know what i'm saying you don't know what to expect anywhere in the road [1:23:03] shopping pool picking up your kids your own kids will kill you all those stories i've seen your own [1:23:13] kids will kill you you got to be careful man lock your doors and you're better to your back to your [1:23:17] bedroom it's serious man it's just it's insane insane but thank you guys love you have a good day [1:23:29] or night see you in five minutes i'll probably be back in five minutes some crazy shit in 10 minutes