Multiple gunshots were reportedly heard outside the White House, triggering a massive security response as police officers and federal agents rushed to the area surrounding the presidential complex. President Donald Trump was reportedly inside the White House at the time of the incident.

According to the report, the suspect allegedly opened fire at a security booth outside the White House where US Secret Service officers were stationed. Nearly 30 gunshots were heard near the White House complex at the intersection of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, close to the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, according to law enforcement sources cited by CBS News.

A gunman who opened fire on Secret Service officers outside the White House has died after being shot, the agency said in a statement provided to US media.