{"id":7005,"date":"2026-04-05T22:04:58","date_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:04:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/no-one-hurt-in-overnight-shooting-near-the-white-house-wset\/"},"modified":"2026-04-05T22:04:58","modified_gmt":"2026-04-05T22:04:58","slug":"no-one-hurt-in-overnight-shooting-near-the-white-house-wset","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/2026\/04\/05\/no-one-hurt-in-overnight-shooting-near-the-white-house-wset\/","title":{"rendered":"No one hurt in overnight shooting near the White House &#8211; WSET"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Now<br \/>69<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Mon<br \/>66<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>Tue<br \/>60<span class=\"WeatherWidget_degreeSymbol__vwqJi\">\u00b0<\/span><br \/>U.S. forces safely rescued the second F-15E airman of a fighter jet that went down on Friday.<br \/>by<!-- --> <span class=\"ByLine_byLineWord__0Gbfn\"><\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/station\/people\/deanthony-taylor\" style=\"color:#2065a3\">De&#x27;Anthony Taylor<\/a><span class=\"ByLine_byLineWord__0Gbfn\"><\/span><br \/>Authorities are searching for a person of interest after reports of gunfire near the White House overnight, officials said. (Alan Henney\/7News)<span class=\"extraSpace\"><\/span><br \/><span class=\"dateline\">WASHINGTON (7NEWS) \u2014 <\/span>Authorities are searching for a person of interest after reports of gunfire near the White House overnight. <br \/>The United States Secret Service said officers responded shortly after midnight on April 4 to reports of shots fired near Lafayette Park, just north of the White House. <br \/>A thorough search of the park and surrounding area did not track down a suspect, and no injuries have been reported. <br \/><strong>SEE ALSO | <a href=\"https:\/\/wjla.com\/news\/local\/bus-plows-into-restaurant-northwest-washington-dc-fire-ems-emergency-response-7th-street-q-street-investigation-injuries-crash-accident-vehicle-building\" target=\"_blank\">3 women hurt after crash sends Metro bus plowing into restaurant in Northwest DC<\/a><\/strong><br \/>Officials said operations at the White House remain normal, but a heightened security posture is in effect. <br \/>Several roads were briefly shut down during the investigation, including: <br \/>The Secret Service, working alongside the Metropolitan Police Department and United States Park Police, is actively searching for a possible vehicle and person of interest. <br \/><em>This is a developing story that will be updated as more information becomes available. <\/em><br \/> <!-- -->2026<!-- --> <!-- -->Sinclair, Inc.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/news.google.com\/rss\/articles\/CBMi2wJBVV95cUxNSzZocUc4eWp4RnptRTM1S05YZVoxSGIwc0ZtNHNSMTY0THhicVpLQV9nLWItRjVmMWtLQ2hTNGNxTjhITXpxUmJMRGItUzZsSVZ3ZW5KdHVYN05zMk1XOUl2ZDhzWkJBQXlVUGg3M2MtUTJVV19ZQ3U0OFNBc3Nrd2ZkWnZyQnFJM2lyTXFCQUU3bGlBYnNZRmttanBiVk5pZ2s2OVBYS1ZWUFZUcFRXZzJIbm5ycEduRF9hQmlVSjNCcFpyN2YzZEw2OEF1QmJnOHZybGEtRVp3S3NBZlNma0JQdkJuSFBpVUFJWVNYQ3pZZGNsUkZiU2JpNzkwSWhtTk8yYVhnQjA3UVFYb2FSaEtFV2xPMVVNQVhxV1N2QVhNa042aEVmNFRFcW1jR2pnZkh3YU1GbUdVbk9mR204LVBnaEtpdy1wbGZGVFRMbGJMYTdUZVE5U3VsSQ?oc=5\">source<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Now69\u00b0Mon66\u00b0Tue60\u00b0U.S. forces safely rescued the second F-15E airman of a fighter jet that went down on Friday.by De&#x27;Anthony TaylorAuthorities are searching for a person of interest after reports of gunfire near the White House overnight, officials said. (Alan Henney\/7News)WASHINGTON (7NEWS) \u2014 Authorities are searching for a person of interest after reports of gunfire near the [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":7006,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-7005","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-politics"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7005","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=7005"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7005\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/7006"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7005"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7005"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/globalnewstoday.uk\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7005"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}