The White House is pictured shortly after sunrise in Washington.
Two bullets that hit the White House, one a window and the other the building’s exterior, have been found, the US Secret Service said today. No one was hurt in the shooting.
The rounds may have been fired during a shooting on Friday night near the White House, but the two incidents have not been conclusively connected.
One of the bullets broke a window but was stopped by protective ballistic glass behind the executive mansion’s historic external glass, said Secret Service spokesman Edwin Donovan. The other round was found outside the building.
The bullets may be linked to an incident in the vicinity of the White House on Friday night, when Secret Service officers heard shots fired on the street, between 700 and 800 meters south of the president’s residence.
Two cars were seen racing away from that scene. One of those vehicles was later found abandoned nearby with a semi-automatic rifle on board.
President Barack Obama and his wife Michelle were out of town on Friday night. The president was attending a basketball game in San Diego, California, before heading to Hawaii, where he hosted a weekend APEC summit of Asia-Pacific regional leaders.
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