President Donald Trump explains his abrupt exit from the press briefing
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 Published On Aug 10, 2020

President Trump explains that the Secret Service shot someone near White House grounds, and says that was the reason for his quick exit. For access to live and exclusive video from CNBC subscribe to CNBC PRO: https://cnb.cx/2NGeIvi

President Donald Trump was abruptly evacuated from a press briefing at the White House on Monday evening after a man who claimed he had a weapon was shot by a U.S. Secret Service officer just outside the White House complex.

“There was an actual shooting, and somebody has been taken to the hospital. I don’t know the condition of the person,” Trump told reporters after returning to the White House briefing room about nine minutes after he was asked to leave that room by a Secret Service officer.

“It was the suspect that was shot,” Trump added.

He said that no one else was injured, but also said that it was his understanding that the suspect had been armed.

The shooting took place near the White House fence, Trump said.

The Secret Service hours later said that a 51-year-old man approached a Secret Service officer at the officer’s post on 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House complex, and told the officer that he had a weapon.

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