{"text":[[{"start":9.65,"text":"A suspect has been killed by law enforcement after opening fire on US Secret Service agents outside the White House."}],[{"start":16.85,"text":"Shortly after 6pm on Saturday, a man approached a checkpoint and “pulled a weapon from his bag and began firing” before police returned fire, according to US Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi. Guglielmi said the suspect was taken to a local hospital where he was pronounced dead."}],[{"start":35.8,"text":"No law enforcement officer was injured in the shooting but a bystander was wounded after being struck by gunfire. The person’s condition was unclear and it was not known if they had been shot by the suspect or by police. "}],[{"start":48.349999999999994,"text":"Reporters on the White House grounds at the time of the shooting reported hearing as many as 30 gunshots before being rushed inside by Secret Service agents."}],[{"start":56.64999999999999,"text":"Guglielmi confirmed that US President Donald Trump had been inside the White House during the incident but was unhurt."}],[{"start":64.14999999999999,"text":"Trump did not immediately comment on the shooting. Two hours after the incident, White House communications director Steven Cheung posted to social media that the president was still working at the White House, adding: “Can’t stop, won’t stop.”"}],[{"start":77.24999999999999,"text":"Police and the National Guard cordoned off streets around where the shooting had taken place. Washington’s Metropolitan Police Department said the Secret Service was “working an incident” at the intersection of 17th St NW and Pennsylvania Avenue and advised the public to “avoid the area.” The intersection is a stone’s throw from the entrance to the White House, and the site of a security checkpoint."}],[{"start":99.69999999999999,"text":"Trump had been at the White House all day on Saturday. Hours before the shooting, the US president posted on his Truth Social platform that he was in the Oval Office and that an agreement to permanently end the war in Iran and reopen the Strait of Hormuz “would be announced shortly”."}],[{"start":116.04999999999998,"text":"The shooting in downtown Washington comes less than a month after Trump was rushed from the stage at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, when an armed gunman rushed through a security barrier at a hotel in the nation’s capital and shot a Secret Service agent before being apprehended."}],[{"start":132.7,"text":"The incident at the correspondents’ dinner raised questions about the Secret Service’s ability to protect the president, who has now faced three assassination attempts since July 2024. "}],[{"start":153.04999999999998,"text":""}]],"url":"https://audio.ftcn.net.cn/album/a_1779587317_6076.mp3"}