The conditions of the troops shot by the Farragut West Metro station are not known. Details of the shooter are not known, but one suspect was taken into custody.
Secret Service members, the National Guard and the Metropolitan Police Department were on the scene at Farragut West.
“Critical Incident: MPD is on the scene of a shooting at 17th and I Street, NW,” the Metropolitan Police Department wrote on X. “Please avoid the area. Updates to come.”
The department later added that it secured the scene and has a suspect in custody.
The shooting placed the White House into lockdown, a White House official told the Washington Examiner.
“The White House is aware and actively monitoring this tragic situation. The President has been briefed,” White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told the Washington Examiner.
At least one other government building, the U.S. Treasury, is reportedly under an active shooter lockdown. A ground stop has been issued at Ronald Reagan National Airport, about five miles away from the White House.
Department of Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed that two National Guardsmen had been shot. “Please join me in praying for the two National Guardsmen who were just shot moments ago in Washington D.C.” she wrote on X.
43-year-old nurse Stacey Walters heard the shooting and was in the area when it happened.
She described the shots as a “boom, boom. Two boom booms.”
“I didn’t think shooting — It’s a holiday and it was so beautiful [outside],” she told reporters.
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National Guard members have been deployed for weeks to protect the District of Columbia at the direction of President Donald Trump.
This is a breaking news story and will be updated.
