WASHINGTON (AP) — President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a U.S. Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon.
Abrupt end to President Trump’s news conference. The president had been speaking less than 3 minutes. pic.twitter.com/kiJkSl33mc
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He returned minutes later, saying there was a “shooting” outside the White House that was “under control.”
Trump says, “There was an actual shooting and somebody’s been taken to the hospital.”
He says the shots were fired by law enforcement, and he believes the individual who was shot was armed.
President Trump: “There was a shooting outside of the White House, seems to very well under control. I’d like to thank the Secret Service..there was an actual shooting…the person was shot by Secret Service.” pic.twitter.com/cnNa0aMYDt
— CSPAN (@cspan) August 10, 2020