Car Rams Through Security Area Near White House; Driver Shouts "Oh My God" As Agents Make Arrest

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Daily Wire White House reporter Mary Margaret Olohan provided an update:

NEW: Secret Service spokesman tells @realDailyWire of the incident at the White House: 

Just before 10:00 a.m., Secret Service Police and National Guard 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. MPD's Explosive Ordinance Disposal team has been called to sweep the vehicle as a precaution. Subsequently, roads around Lafayette Park have been closed. 

Around the same time, a second individual jumped a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park. That individual was also quickly placed under arrest. Both incidents are under investigation.

Car Breaches Security Barricade Near White House

Fox News reports that Secret Service agents arrested two people after a car rammed through a security area near the White House on Monday morning.

The Washington Sun reporter Martin Austermuhle wrote on X, "Unclear what happened but someone just drove into a sign on the north end of Lafayette Square Park and then fought with Secret Service and National Guard when they got out of their car."

Austermuhle posted accompanying footage of the arrest:

Chris Sheridan, senior White House producer for Al Jazeera English, captured the suspect in handcuffs as he was walked off, yelling, "Oh my God."

The incident on Monday morning comes less than a week after a heavily armed illegal alien from Venezuela was arrested down the street from the White House with an AR-15-style rifle, a MAC-10, a Glock 43X, and ammunition. 

Federal agents said the illegal alien told them he "heard voices in his head telling him to kill President Trump."