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Shooting near the White House, Obama was not in the building

All entrances and exits on the territory of the White House were blocked on Friday afternoon, after the US President’s residence shots rang out.

As the CNN With reference to sources in law enforcement, law enforcement officers shot at a man who was waving a weapon in the immediate vicinity of one of the White House security posts.

It is reported that the gunman, who refused to throw the weapon, was wounded in the abdominal cavity. Earlier, with reference to the police, it was reported that one person was taken to hospital in critical condition. Doctors have already confirmed that this is the man who was wounded by police during the arrest.

The incident occurred on West Executive Drive, which separates the White House from Eisenhower executive office buildings.

US President Barack Obama at the time of the shooting was in Maryland, where he played golf at Andrews air base.

In March, in the tourist center of the Capitol, in which the US Congress is located, a visitor sent a weapon on the security officers at the search point, after which he was wounded and detained.

The White House has also had several similar ones in the past few years. incidents. Last year, Joseph Caputo tried to break through to the White House on Thanksgiving Day, and in 2014, the Iraq war veteran Omar Gonzalez jumped over the residence fence and ran to the building with a knife in his hands.

In 2011, Oscar Ortega-Hernandez fired a shot near the White House, after which he was charged with trying to kill Barack Obama or a member of the Presidential Administration staff. As then stated by human rights bodies, Hernandez said that God had given him a personal task to attack the White House.

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