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FBI official says armed man fired at Secret Service agent at entrance to White House press dinner, sparking security incident
Add ToI as a Preferred Source on GoogleOfficials say the security incident at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner was caused by a man armed with a shotgun trying to breach security.
The man fired at a Secret Service agent, an FBI official tells Reuters. The agent was hit in an area covered by protective gear and not harmed, the official says.
Anthony Guglielmi, a Secret Service spokesman, says the service was investigating a shooting near the main screening area at the entrance to the event.
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