The White House was put on brief security lockdown Monday morning after a man crashed into a sign near the White House and fought with the Secret Service and the National Guard.
The unidentified man drove onto a sidewalk in a heavily trafficked area near the White House and hit a sign on the north end of Lafayette Square. The man then started throwing punches at the Secret Service agents and National Guard service members after he exited the vehicle. He was immediately arrested.
Witnesses reported hearing the man yell, “Oh my God,” as he was taken into custody. The circumstances surrounding the crash remain unclear.
A Secret Service spokesman told Daily Wire White House Correspondent Mary Margaret Olohan that the “combative” driver was “quickly placed under arrest.” The spokesman added that an explosives disposal team was “called to sweep the vehicle as a precaution.”
Another person jumped over a barricade near Lafayette Park around the same time as the incident with the combative driver, the Secret Service spokesman said, adding, “That individual was also quickly placed under arrest.”
President Donald Trump was in the White House at the time, and no injuries were reported.
Members of the press on the North Lawn were moved inside the briefing room during the incident and were allowed to leave at 10:22 a.m., according to White House pool reports.
UPDATE: Secret Service has an individual in custody. He was yelling “Oh my God” as they walked him away from Lafayette Park near the white house. https://t.co/a7oCySMMa7
— Chris Sheridan (@ChrisSheridan34) November 9, 2026
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