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Around 5:45 today as President Trump was beginning a press briefing, someone whispered something in his ear and Trump proceeded to exit the briefing room right after.

The video below shows Trump being briefed about something, then he leaves:

BREAKING: President Trump abruptly ends briefing and leaves briefing room. #MTPDaily pic.twitter.com/16ea8WgxTR

— Meet the Press (@MeetThePress) August 10, 2020

Very soon after, there were reports of shots fired:

Camera crews and producers moved off Pebble Beach. Reports of shots fired. This is all developing pic.twitter.com/zA6rFN5MCp

— Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) August 10, 2020

Chatter in the briefing room — Secret Service responded to a man who had been shouting at 17th and Pennsylvania, reports of possible shots fired not yet confirmed. The networks are getting ready to do stand ups from Brady pic.twitter.com/L1QEBx410p

— Christian Datoc (@TocRadio) August 10, 2020

JUST IN: @johnrobertsFox reports the sounds of shots fired near the White House, developing

— Sean Langille (@SeanLangille) August 10, 2020

It has not been revealed at this time who the person shot is but these two unverified videos are circulating on Twitter, with some claiming the person on the ground is the person who was shot by the Secret Service:

BREAKING: #WhiteHouse #Shooting suspect down pic.twitter.com/BTg5o9YtL3

— Baruch Sandhaus (@BaruchSandhaus) August 10, 2020

#WhiteHouseShooting pic.twitter.com/kR8vGP0y5b

— Baruch Sandhaus (@BaruchSandhaus) August 10, 2020

This video is from CBS News correspondent Skyler Henry:

Sounded like a gun shot right outside the White House. Secret service making press clear the lawn. Law enforcement holding guns everywhere. pic.twitter.com/KQx6HWcKij

— @skylerhenry (@SkylerHenry) August 10, 2020

From Daily Caller chief video director Richie McGinniss:

Perimeter set up outside the White House, Secret Service not allowing anyone past 18th and Pennsylvania: pic.twitter.com/7ZpPaAXMWS

— Richie🎥McG🍿 (@RichieMcGinniss) August 10, 2020

Trump returned a short time later and talked briefly to the reporters assembled in the briefing room about what happened, telling them more details would be coming later about the incident:

Describing what he knew about the situation, the president said it “seems” a person was shot by Secret Service and had been taken to the hospital.

Several minutes after initially taking the podium, someone – who appeared to be a Secret Service agent – told the president something before Trump stopped and walked out of the room.

“Excuse me?” the president said to the agent before exiting.

After returning to the podium, Trump said a shooting took place outside the premises of the White Houe near the fence. He said more information would be released later.

The president then moved on to discussing other issues, including the stock market and the coronavirus crisis.

Watch:

.@realDonaldTrump describes the shooting that occurred outside the WH where Secret Service shot a "shooter" before taking them to the hospital. pic.twitter.com/OExxlN2PCo

— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) August 10, 2020

Trump was asked if he was “rattled” by what happened. Here was his answer:

REPORTER: “Are you rattled by this at all?”

TRUMP: “Do I seem rattled?” pic.twitter.com/oFDcinLKrU

— Daily Caller (@DailyCaller) August 10, 2020

Former Secret Service agent Dan Bongino said he’d never seen anything like this:

Spent twelve years in the Secret Service and I’ve never seen that before.

— Dan Bongino (@dbongino) August 10, 2020

As Trump said, more details will be coming later from the Secret Service. In the meantime, we’ve just found out what it takes for CNN to cover a Trump briefing:

CNN, who was talking about masks when the White House presser started, is now carrying the President. So now we know that it takes someone getting shot for CNN to carry the president live.

— Tom Reynolds (@Beregond) August 10, 2020

They’re reporting a “senior administration official” as saying an “active shooter” was taken into custody.

Stay tuned.