US Secret Service detains man with package outside White House
Presidential complex goes into lockdown as suspect is nabbed by officers after approaching them with suspicious bag
WASHINGTON — The US Secret Service detained a male suspect carrying a package and making “suspicious comments” near the White House Tuesday, according to an official who said the man was taken into custody and explosives experts were deployed.
A Secret Service official said the suspect had approached uniformed officers near 15th and Pennsylvania at around 10:15 a.m., a block from the White House.
In a series of tweets to its official Twitter account, the Secret Service announced that “members of the public and media are being moved to a safe distance.”
The man was separated from the package and detained in a police vehicle, a security perimeter was established, and “the package is now in Secret Service custody,” the official said, asking not to be named.
Suspicious package investigation continues; suspect in custody! pic.twitter.com/O25gr5B72f
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017
Fox News, citing an agency source, reported that the suspect had told officers he had a bomb in the bag.
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