Key facts
- A driver crashed a vehicle onto a sidewalk at Lafayette Park and was arrested after being combative, the Secret Service said.
- A second person jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park and was arrested, the Secret Service said.
- The Metropolitan Police Department's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called to sweep the vehicle as a precaution.
- Roads around Lafayette Park were closed and a lockdown near the White House was lifted around 11 a.m., the White House press pool reported.
- The Secret Service said both incidents remain under investigation.
Two people were arrested near the White House on November 9, 2026, in separate incidents, the US Secret Service said. Just before 10:00 a.m., Secret Service Police and National Guard members responded to the north side of Lafayette Park at 16th Street and H Street NW, where a vehicle crashed onto the sidewalk. The driver was combative with law enforcement but was quickly placed under arrest, a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement.
Around the same time, a second person jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park and was also quickly arrested, the statement said. The Metropolitan Police Department's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team was called to sweep the vehicle as a precaution, and roads around Lafayette Park were closed.
The incidents prompted a lockdown near the White House, which was lifted around 11 a.m., the White House press pool reported. The Secret Service briefly moved reporters and the press inside the White House briefing room after the incident, and they were later released. The Secret Service said both incidents remain under investigation.