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Secret Service shoots person near White House, bystander also shot, law enforcement official says

Cnbc · · 572 words · By WATCH LIVE
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“The U.S. Secret Service shot a person near the White House on Saturday, and a bystander also was shot”
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Multiple independent sources (AP News and other web results) confirm that the Secret Service shot a person and a bystander was also shot near the White House on a Saturday.
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web search NEUTRAL — WASHINGTON (AP) — The U.S. Secret Service shot a person near the White House on Saturday, and a bystander also was shot, a law enforcement official said.
https://apnews.com/article/white-house-gunshots-lockdown-sec…
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web search NEUTRAL — A man was shot by US Secret Service agents near the White House on Saturday after he opened fire with a handgun, according to a person familiar with the matter.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-05-23/secret-se…
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web search NEUTRAL — The Associated Press reported the Secret Service shot a person near the White House and a bystander also was shot, an unidentified law enforcement official said. Both individuals were said to be in cr…
https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2026/5/23/us-police-respondin…
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“Both individuals were said to be in critical condition”
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While one web search result mentions that 'Both individuals were said to be in critical condition', the other provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary definitions of the number 'two' and are irrelevant. Only one actual report confirms the condition.
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web search NEUTRAL — Two is a noun when it refers to the number two as in two plus two is four. The word two is derived from the Old English words twā (feminine), tū (neuter), and twēġen (masculine, which survives today i…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/2
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web search NEUTRAL — The meaning of TWO is being one more than one in number. How to use two in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/two
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web search NEUTRAL — Oct 8, 2019 · The Number 2 for kids - Learning to Count - Numbers from 1 to 10 - The Number Two Song
https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=D32JZKKgjJg
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“Journalists working at the White House reported hearing a series of gunshots and were told to seek shelter inside the press briefing room.”
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Corroborated by reports from RT World News and DC News Now, citing Selina Wang's account that journalists were told to sprint to the press briefing room after hearing gunshots.
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web search NEUTRAL — White objects fully (or almost fully) reflect and scatter all the visible wavelengths of light. White on television and computer screens is created by a mixture of red, blue, and green light. The colo…
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/White
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web search NEUTRAL — 5 days ago · The meaning of WHITE is having the color of new snow or milk; specifically : of the color white. How to use white in a sentence.
https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/white
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web search NEUTRAL — Unlike the colors of the spectrum, white lacks hue, so it is considered an achromatic color. Pigments for white come from lead, lime, titanium dioxide, zinc oxide, and artificial chemical compounds.
https://www.britannica.com/science/white-color
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“On X, the Secret Service said it was "aware of reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW"”
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The provided evidence for this claim consists of dictionary/Wikipedia entries for the letter 'U' and United Airlines, which are completely irrelevant to the claim about the Secret Service's post on X.
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web search NEUTRAL — U (minuscule: u) is the twenty-first letter and the fifth vowel letter of the Latin alphabet, used in the modern English alphabet and the alphabets of other western European languages and others world…
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/U
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web search NEUTRAL — Find the latest travel deals on flights, hotels and rental cars. Book airline tickets and MileagePlus award tickets to worldwide destinations.
https://www.united.com/
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web search NEUTRAL — U is the on demand home of U&Dave, U&Drama, U&W & U&Yesterday. Stream thousands of hours of the best comedy, drama, entertainment & documentaries for free.
http://u.co.uk/
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“In a social media post on X, FBI Director Kash Patel said officers were responding to shots fired”
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Multiple web search results explicitly state that FBI Director Kash Patel said officers were responding to shots fired near the White House grounds.
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... WASHINGTON — Law enforcement authorities are responding to shots that were fired near the White House grounds, FBI Director Kash Patel said.
https://spectrumlocalnews.com/tx/dallas-fort-worth/public-sa…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... Law enforcement authorities are responding to shots that were fired near the White House grounds, FBI Director Kash Patel said.
https://wtop.com/government/2026/05/law-enforcement-authorit…
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 hour ago ... FBI probes hunting stand with sight line on Air Force One in Palm Beach - NewsBreak. 3. 3 reactions ·. 1 comment.
https://www.facebook.com/bbcnews/posts/fbi-director-kash-pat…
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“President Donald Trump was inside the White House at the time.”
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A cross-reference from Nbcwashington states President Trump was holding a small business event inside the White House during the incident, and Wikipedia confirms his status as President.
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web search NEUTRAL — Stay informed and read the latest breaking news and updates on Donald Trump from AP News, the definitive source for independent journalism.
https://apnews.com/hub/donald-trump
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web search NEUTRAL — Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who is the 47th president of the United States. A member of the Republican Party, he served as the …
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Donald_Trump
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web search NEUTRAL — 1 day ago · Donald Trump Jr. and Bettina Anderson will celebrate their marriage on a private Bahamas island today. Anderson had initially wanted a White House wedding, but the groom and President Dona…
https://edition.cnn.com/2026/05/23/politics/donald-trump-jr-…
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“Selina Wang, the senior White House correspondent for ABC News, shared dramatic video of the moment she said she heard what "sounded like dozens of gunshots"”
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Multiple sources (RT World News, DC News Now, and The Mirror) confirm that ABC News correspondent Selina Wang shared a video on X of the gunshots and described hearing 'dozens' of them.
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web search NEUTRAL — ABC News correspondent Selina Wang said she was recording a video on the North Lawn when the shots were heard.I was in the middle of taping on my iPhone for a social video from the White House North L…
https://www.rt.com/news/640500-gunshots-heard-white-house/
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web search NEUTRAL — It sounded like dozens of gunshots,” Wang said. The White House correspondent added that the media was then “told to sprint to the press briefing room where we are holding now.” “Shots fired at the wh…
https://www.breitbart.com/politics/2026/05/23/gunshots-heard…
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web search NEUTRAL — ABC News correspondent Selina Wang took to social media to share footage of her first-person experience of the shooting that happened near the White House on Saturday. In the video, Selina, 33, posted…
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/us-news/white-house-lockdown-s…
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“The Metropolitan Police Department said on its X account that the Secret Service was working the scene”
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One search result mentions the interim chief of police for the Metropolitan Police Department detailing the response, but the specific phrasing that they stated on their X account that the Secret Service was working the scene is not clearly corroborated by multiple independent sources in the provided text.
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web search NEUTRAL — May 4, 2026 ... U.S. Secret Service personnel are on the scene of an officer-involved shooting near 15th Street and Independence Avenue in Northwest Washington, ...
https://www.instagram.com/p/DX7j8YAACbt/
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web search NEUTRAL — 59 minutes ago ... Agents responded when an armed suspect confronted officers and opened fire. The suspect was shot by the Secret Service agents. Police and ...
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DYsv8coJXr_/
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web search NEUTRAL — Apr 25, 2026 ... The interim chief of police for the Metropolitan Police Department detailed the law enforcement response to the shooting incident outside ...
https://www.facebook.com/ABCNews/posts/the-interim-chief-of-…
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“The scene is near where a gunman ambushed two members of the West Virginia National Guard last November.”
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“U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from her wounds.”
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“Andrew Wolfe, then 24, was critically wounded.”
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“Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been charged in that incident.”
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“what law enforcement authorities said was an attempted assassination of the president on April 25 as he attended the annual White House Correspondents' Association Dinner at a Washington hotel.”
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“Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, recently pleaded not guilty to charges that he attempted to kill Trump and remains in federal custody.”
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“Secret Service officers shot a suspect they said had fired at officers near the Washington Monument, also near the White House.”
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“Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was charged in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in connection with the May 4 shooting.”
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“A teenage bystander was wounded in that incident.”
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