The Secret Service put the White House 's front lawn on a brief lockdown after a security incident near the front gate. The White House North Lawn was evacuated after a tourist allegedly threw a phone over the fence; press sheltered as Secret Service responded. The Secret Service briefly placed the White House's front lawn on lockdown on Tuesday following a security incident near the front gate.
According to news reports, an unidentified object was thrown over the fence onto the North Lawn. In response, the Secret Service swiftly initiated a lockdown of both the White House and the adjacent park area, also closing off Pennsylvania Avenue as a. WASHINGTON, DC: A suspicious package discovered just outside the White House complex on the afternoon of Sunday, July 27, prompted a rapid and coordinated security response by the Secret Service, DC Bomb Squad, and Metropolitan Police Department (MPD).
The incident, which caused road closures and a temporary lockdown near the Treasury Building, heightened alert levels in the nation's capital. The White House was put under a brief lockdown following an incident in the midday, after a 'phone' was supposedly thrown over the security fence. A lockdown was ordered at the White House following a security incident.
(IMAGE: AFP FILE) The front lawn of the White House has been locked down by the Secret Service, and members of the press were rushed to the briefing room on Tuesday following a security incident, according to several reports. The White House was briefly put under lockdown on Tuesday after someone threw a mobile phone over the North Lawn fence, prompting immediate action from the US Secret Service. The White House was temporarily locked down on Tuesday after an object was thrown over the fence of the North Lawn in a possible security breach.
Later, White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt confirmed that a "phone" was thrown in the direction of the premises by "someone". The Secret Service put the White House's front lawn on a brief lockdown after a security incident near the front gate. It appears that an unknown object was thrown over the fence on the North Lawn.
The Secret Service implemented a full lockdown of the White House grounds and temporarily closed Pennsylvania Avenue to traffic. The security measures were lifted by 11:56 am, allowing journalists to return to the North Lawn.