It appears the White House is now on lockdown over a suspicious package on White House grounds:
BREAKING:: The White House is on lockdown over suspicious package . Secret Service is investigating. pic.twitter.com/xLqwI2cBxM
— KOLO8 (@KOLO8) March 28, 2017
.@SecretService investigating suspicious package near @WhiteHouse grounds. Road closures in effect.
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017
USSS is investigating suspicious package; security perimeter established & members of the public & media are being moved to safe a distance
— U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017
I will update this with more when I get it. Hopefully it’s nothing…
UPDATE: Man claimed to have a bomb:
BREAKING: Secret Service tells me a man approached the White House and claimed to have a bomb
— Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 28, 2017
UPDATE: Looks like they have a man in custody:
UPDATE: Male suspect in custody after having suspicious package near White House – Secret Service
— Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) March 28, 2017
Secret Service detain man with package outside White House: official
— Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) March 28, 2017
Secret Service gives all clear at White House after investigation of suspicious package
— Donovan Slack (@DonovanSlack) March 28, 2017