{"id":2598725,"date":"2026-05-04T19:31:57","date_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bystander-injured-in-officer-involved-shooting-near-white-house\/"},"modified":"2026-05-04T19:32:59","modified_gmt":"2026-05-04T23:32:59","slug":"bystander-injured-in-officer-involved-shooting-near-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/bystander-injured-in-officer-involved-shooting-near-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Bystander injured in officer-involved shooting near White House"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">16<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fbystander-injured-in-officer-involved-shooting-near-white-house%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2598725&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>The White House went into lockdown after a person was shot by law enforcement near the building on Monday, with a bystander also reported injured. Secret Service Deputy Director Matt Quinn said the suspect was armed, fired at police, and then tried to flee when <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >plainclothes agents spotted<\/a> him near the complex around 3:30 p.m. He was shot after uniformed Secret Service agents returned fire. Quinn reported that a minor was shot but was not seriously injured, and investigators believe the minor was struck by the suspect (the exact cause is still being determined by doctors).<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump was at the White House during the incident, but his schedule was not disrupted and no officers were injured. The shooting occurred <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/gop-officials-raise-alarm-over-us-guardsman-in-tiktok-ad\/\" title=\"GOP officials concerned about US Guardsman in TikTok ad.\">amid heightened security concerns<\/a> following last month\u2019s assassination attempt on Trump.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<article class=\"fn-body\">\n<p>The <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/white-house\/\">White House<\/a> was put under lockdown after a person was shot by <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\" type=\"link\" id=\"washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/police-and-law-enforcement\">law enforcement<\/a> and a bystander was injured near the building on Monday.<\/p>\n<p><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"http:\/\/washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/secret-service\/\">Secret Service<\/a> Deputy Director Matt Quinn said the man was armed and was shot after firing at police, but he added that he had no information on the suspect\u2019s condition. Quinn said a minor was shot but was not seriously injured. <\/p>\n<section class=\"explore-more-section\" id=\"wex-recommended-widget\">\n<div class=\"magazine-container single\">\n<h1 class=\"magazine-title mt-2\">Recommended Stories<\/h1>\n<p>             <i class=\"fa-solid fa-play icon\"><\/i>         <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-grid\">\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4554484\/mamdani-antisemitic-synagogue-vandalism-nyc\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Mamdani decries \u2018antisemitic hatred\u2019 after NYC synagogues vandalized with swastikas<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/white-house\/4554457\/white-house-lockdown-shooting-secret-service\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>White House locked down after nearby <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/fbi-says-biggest-domestic-terror-threats-in-2021-are-violent-extremists-motivated-by-race-or-anti-authority-views\/\" title=\"FBI Says Biggest Domestic Terror Threats in 2021 Are Violent Extremists Motivated by Race or Anti-Authority Views\">officer-involved shooting<\/a><\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<div class=\"explore-card\">                         <a href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/crime\/4553363\/guido-reichstadter-protest-frederick-douglass-bridge-come-down-soon\/?itm_source=parsely-api\">                             <\/p>\n<div class=\"explore-thumb-wrap\">                                                                                                                                  <\/div>\n<h3>Protester who has been on Frederick Douglass bridge for four days to come down \u2018soon\u2019<\/h3>\n<p>                         <\/a>                     <\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<p>The suspect was spotted by plainclothes agents in the area near the White House complex around 3:30 p.m. with the imprint of a weapon. When uniformed Secret Service agents approached him, he attempted to flee, Quinn said, and fired at the agents, who fired back.<\/p>\n<div class=\"article-paywall\">\n<p>Quinn said he could not confirm whether the minor who was shot was hit by the suspect. \u201cWe\u2019ll let the doctors figure that out,\u201d he said, but added that \u201cinvestigators believe he was struck by the suspect.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>President <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/tag\/donald-trump\/\">Donald Trump<\/a> was at the White House during the shooting, but <a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/WHPressPool\/status\/2051396140898390161?s=20\">his schedule was uninterrupted<\/a>. No officers were hurt in the shooting.<\/p>\n<p><strong><a target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\" href=\"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/news\/justice\/4553934\/judge-rants-january-6-inmates-treated-better-than-alleged-whca-dinner-gunman\/\" type=\"post\" id=\"4553934\">JUDGE RANTS THAT JAN. 6 INMATES WERE TREATED BETTER THAN ALLEGED WHCA DINNER GUNMAN<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n<p>\u201cU.S. Secret Service personnel are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting at 15th\u00a0Street and Independence Avenue in Washington, D.C. At least one individual was shot by law enforcement after an armed confrontation. He was transported to an area hospital; their condition is currently unknown,\u201d Anthony Guglielmi, chief of communications for the Secret Service, told the <em>Washington Examiner<\/em> in a statement.<\/p>\n<p>Though Trump and those at the White House weren\u2019t in any immediate danger, the incident comes amid heightened security concerns following an assassination attempt against the president last month. The attempted assassin was subdued while making a run for the room where Trump was attending the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association dinner.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/article>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>White House lockdown after armed man fired at police near it<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2653,"featured_media":2598728,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4481-e1777933811945.jpg?w=696","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[538],"tags":[4133,34012,32127],"class_list":["post-2598725","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-washington-examiner","tag-news","tag-officer-involved-shooting","tag-white-house"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/www.washingtonexaminer.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/IMG_4481-e1777933811945.jpg?w=696","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598725","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2653"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2598725"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598725\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2598730,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2598725\/revisions\/2598730"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2598728"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2598725"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2598725"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2598725"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}