UPDATE: 2 Arrested Outside of White House After Car Crash and Barricade Breach

Car crashes into signpost at Lafayette Square Park (screenshot via Martin Austermuhle/Washington Sun)

Two individuals were taken into custody after a security incident near the White House this morning, where one crashed a car near Lafayette Square Park, and another breached White House barricades, according to the Secret Service. 

As The Gateway Pundit reported earlier, the White House was briefly placed on lockdown, with reporters restricted to the press briefing room for about 20 minutes.

A video from Lafayette Park showed the driver of a crashed vehicle fighting with law enforcement after ramming into signposts on the north side of the park, just north of the White House.

Another video showed one of the suspects being detained by Secret Service and screaming.

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Authorities confirmed that the driver of the vehicle was "combative" with responding agents and National Guardsmen, Fox reports.

A Secret Service spokesman told Fox, "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," they added.

Meanwhile, a second individual was arrested after jumping a barricade near the northwest corner of Lafayette Park, apparently breaching the security perimeter surrounding the White House.

"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," the Secret Service spokesman said.

This comes after a separate incident last week, where the Secret Service arrested an armed Venezuelan illegal alien while attempting to execute a plot to kill President Trump.

The illegal alien, Ronny Yordrix Guanipa Chrinos, was found with three firearms, including one AR-15 rifle, in a stolen vehicle after driving to DC to kill the President.

He told federal agents that he was hearing voices in his head telling him to kill President Trump.

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