当地时间8月10日下午，正在参加白宫新冠病毒新闻发布会的美国总统特朗普突然被特工处人员护送离开。

US President Donald Trump was abruptly escorted by a US Secret Service agent out of the White House briefing room as he was beginning a coronavirus briefing Monday afternoon.

He returned minutes later, saying there was a "shooting" outside the White House that was "under control."

The president said the shots were fired by law enforcement, saying he believed the individual who was shot was armed.

The shooting took place near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue, just blocks from the White House, according to local media.

Law enforcement officials were still trying to determine the suspect's motive.

The suspect was transferred to a local hospital, but his condition was not immediately known.