Two people, one of whom said they were there to meet with the president, approached U.S. Secret Service officials outside the White House on Saturday and were arrested, according to the Metropolitan Police Department and Secret Service, after admitting they had weapons. .
The Secret Service said that “individuals do not pose an immediate danger to any protective secret service during the course of the encounter and subsequent arrests.”
Around 5:24 p.m., police said a man and a woman approached secret service officers “on their own motion” outside a safe vehicle checkpoint of the White House complex past the westernmost crossroads of 15th Street in Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
One person said “they were there to meet with the President of the United States and had a letter to deliver to him,” police said.
“One of the individuals disclosed the possession of a weapon and was immediately detained and the second person disclosed the location of an additional weapon in a nearby vehicle,” a Secret Service spokesman said. .
After finding the vehicle, the secret service said his officers took possession of the weapon.
The man, who was not identified, was arrested for possession of a BB gun.
Sylvia Hall, 66, was arrested for carrying an unlicensed handgun, possession of an unregistered firearm and possession of unregistered ammunition.