It appears the White House is now on lockdown over a suspicious package on White House grounds:

BREAKING:: The White House is on lockdown over suspicious package . Secret Service is investigating. pic.twitter.com/xLqwI2cBxM — KOLO8 (@KOLO8) March 28, 2017

.@SecretService investigating suspicious package near @WhiteHouse grounds. Road closures in effect. — U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017

USSS is investigating suspicious package; security perimeter established & members of the public & media are being moved to safe a distance — U.S. Secret Service (@SecretService) March 28, 2017







I will update this with more when I get it. Hopefully it’s nothing…



UPDATE: Man claimed to have a bomb:

BREAKING: Secret Service tells me a man approached the White House and claimed to have a bomb — Trey Yingst (@TreyYingst) March 28, 2017



UPDATE: Looks like they have a man in custody:

UPDATE: Male suspect in custody after having suspicious package near White House – Secret Service — Reuters Politics (@ReutersPolitics) March 28, 2017

Secret Service detain man with package outside White House: official — Andrew Beatty (@AndrewBeatty) March 28, 2017