This happened last week too. This time, we have video. This guy gets pretty far, some security there…
.@WhiteHouse Update:
-Parts of the WH currently being evacuated
-President Obama is not at the WH
-Secret Service aware of the incident
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 19, 2014
.@Reuters Photo: A Secret Service agent with an automatic rifle hurries people to evacuate the White House pic.twitter.com/6wK7R7Z3pm
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 19, 2014
(hint: not an automatic rifle, Buzzfeed)
.@WhiteHouse Update:
-Evacuation lifted, per @ChrisJansing
-New video from @ABC shows a man breaching WH perimeter https://t.co/nPRmbmusdq
— BuzzFeed News (@BuzzFeedNews) September 20, 2014
Update:
Unbelievable…
BREAKING: Secret Service says fence-jumper made it through North Portico doors of White House
— The Associated Press (@AP) September 20, 2014
Update:
The Secret Service identified the man as Omar J. Gonzalez, 42,, of Copperas Cove, Texas. He was charged with unlawful entry into the White House complex and transported to a nearby hospital complaining of chest pain. Attempts to reach Gonzalez or his relatives by phone were unsuccessful.