Why US secret service locked down White House
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WASHINGTON: The US Secret Service said late on Tuesday that it had lifted a security lockdown put into effect at the White House after a person tried to jump over a bike rack used as a barrier along the north fence of the mansion where President Donald Trump lives and works.
The suspect was in custody, the security office also said on Twitter.
A Secret Service officer asks the media to leave the North Lawn in reaction to an apparent fence jumper at the White House in Washington, US, May 16, 2017. REUTERS/Joshua Roberts
The Secret Service also updated that the incident has cleared up now and pedestrian traffic may resume "along Penn Ave/North Fence line sidewalk area".
The White House was placed on a lockdown late Tuesday night after an unidentified individual tried trespassing the grounds by jumping a barrier along the north fence, the Secret Service's had said on Twitter.
