# Shooting at White House? **URL:** \ **Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\ **Created:** [August 10, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750 "2020-08-10T22:06:25Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 10:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/1 "2020-08-10T22:06:25Z")
MSNBC currently running a presser with Trump, who is saying someone (doesn’t know who) was shot a short time ago by Secret Service agents (doesn’t know why). Waiting on further, more coherent info. ---
**Author:** ![Kent\_Clark](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kent_clark/32/105_2.png) [@Kent\_Clark](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Kent_Clark)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 10:15pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/2 "2020-08-10T22:15:52Z")
Now on CNN. > **[Trump abruptly leaves coronavirus briefing after shooting near White House](https://www.cnn.com/world/live-news/coronavirus-pandemic-08-10-20-intl/h_2670468b1747a8caa36f89c86ea10c64)** > > The coronavirus pandemic has brought countries to a standstill. In many places, as countries reopen, Covid-19 cases are on the rise. Follow here for the latest. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 10:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/3 "2020-08-10T22:25:25Z")
Right, seems it was outside the White House. Press conference was already under way when the incident happened and Trump was hustled out by security for a few minutes, but then returned. No further details as yet. ---
**Author:** ![Joey\_P](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/j/919ad9/32.png) [@Joey\_P](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Joey_P)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 11:41pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/4 "2020-08-10T23:41:05Z")
near, not at. ---
**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\ **Post date:** [August 10, 2020, 11:42pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/5 "2020-08-10T23:42:46Z")
> [@Donald Trump](#): > > It’s unfortunate that this is the world but the world has always been a dangerous place. It’s not something that’s unique. In other words: it is what it is. > **[Secret Service escorts Trump from briefing room after shooting outside White...](https://abcnews.go.com/Politics/secret-service-escorts-trump-briefing-room-amid-shooting/story?id=72293741)** > > President Donald Trump was rushed out of the White House briefing room Monday and later said the Secret Service shot someone outside the White House. ---
**Author:** ![Siam\_Sam](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/d78d45/32.png) [@Siam\_Sam](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Siam_Sam)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 4:43am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/6 "2020-08-11T04:43:55Z")
I suppose the Secret Service cannot just shove Chump out the front door and then lock it. ---
**Author:** ![El\_Kabong](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/el_kabong/32/496_2.png) [@El\_Kabong](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/El_Kabong)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 8:51am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/7 "2020-08-11T08:51:31Z")
Still rather light on detail, but seems like it’s being presented as a suicide-by-cop-type situation: > **[Secret Service escorts Trump from press briefing after shooting outside White...](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2020/aug/10/trump-white-house-shooting-secret-service)** > > The president abruptly left his coronavirus briefing after a Secret Service agent shot an armed suspect outside the White House fence ---
**Author:** ![Dung\_Beetle](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/dung_beetle/32/7945_2.png) [@Dung\_Beetle](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Dung_Beetle)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 6:12pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/8 "2020-08-11T18:12:46Z")
It was probably time to inspect the bunker again anyway. ---
**Author:** ![aceplace57](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/aceplace57/32/3500_2.png) [@aceplace57](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/aceplace57)\ **Post date:** [August 11, 2020, 11:27pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/9 "2020-08-11T23:27:24Z")
Strange story. It’s so dangerous being a cop these days.[https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/man-shot-by-secret-service-agent-outside-white-house-shouted-im-going-to-shoot-you-officials-say/2020/08/11/6cd22310-dbd4-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6\_story.html](https://www.washingtonpost.com/local/public-safety/man-shot-by-secret-service-agent-outside-white-house-shouted-im-going-to-shoot-you-officials-say/2020/08/11/6cd22310-dbd4-11ea-b205-ff838e15a9a6_story.html) > [@](#): > > shouted, “I’m going to kill you. I’m going to shoot you,” according to an internal D.C. police report described to The Washington Post by two law enforcement officials.Those people identified the injured man as Myron Berryman, 51. Police said he remained hospitalized Tuesday in critical but stable condition. > > D.C. Police Chief Peter Newsham said the man is being charged with assault on a police officer ---
**Author:** ![Tom\_Tildrum](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/e95f7d/32.png) [@Tom\_Tildrum](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Tom_Tildrum)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 5:24am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/10 "2020-08-15T05:24:05Z")
This was also the same day someone shot one of the presidential helicopters while they were on a training run, so the Secret Service was probably on high alert. ---
**Author:** ![carnivorousplant](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carnivorousplant/32/3563_2.png) [@carnivorousplant](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carnivorousplant)\ **Post date:** [August 15, 2020, 2:48pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/shooting-at-white-house/917750/11 "2020-08-15T14:48:11Z")
I read about an Air Force helicopter being shot from the ground. Was it the same?