'Suspicious item' at White House prompts 'routine closure': Secret Service

The vehicles are there to investigate a suspicious item, according to Secret Service, and multiple entrances have been closed off amid the investigation.

By Misty Severi

Published: August 9, 2024 7:27pm

Several emergency vehicles arrived at the White House on Friday in response to a "suspicious item," the Secret Service confirmed.

Multiple entrances to the White House have been closed off amid the investigation, according to ABC News reporter Selina Wang.

Emergency trucks just pulled up outside the White House gates
Multiple entrances to the White House have been blocked off

Update from U.S. Secret Service: "It is a routine closure to investigate a suspicious item."
Biden is in DE. Harris in AZ pic.twitter.com/Pe72uPPRFW

— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) August 9, 2024

President Joe Biden is currently in Delaware for the weekend while Vice President Kamala Harris is in Arizona.

The incident comes on the same that former President Donald Trump had to ground his plane in Billings, Montana, due to a mechanical issue. He has since departed on another plane to Bozeman, Montana, for a speech.