White House Briefly Put On Lockdown Due To Fence Jumper At Eisenhower Building

WASHINGTON (CBSNewYork/AP) -- The White House was put on lockdown Tuesday afternoon after the Secret Service said a man jumped the fence at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building.

The lockdown was lifted shortly after.

The Secret Service said in a statement that the suspect was arrested and was fleeing the scene of a nearby robbery.

"The individual was subsequently taken into custody by Secret Service Uniformed Division Officers without incident. Initial investigation indicates the individual was fleeing the scene of a robbery the occurred near the area of G Street and 17th Street N.W.," the Secret Service told CBS News.

Doug Buchanan, a spokesman for the fire department in Washington, told The Associated Press the department was called in to help with a rescue at an intersection alongside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is part of the White House complex. Buchanan said emergency workers responded to assist a man complaining of a cut on his finger.

Secret Service stepped up security around 4 p.m. Tuesday, with canine teams and other agents seen gathering on the North Lawn. Reporters working inside the White House were kept inside by automatically locking doors.

An earlier pool report read that the "White House appears to be in a state of lockdown."

"The door from outside to the Brady Briefing Room is locked. When your pooler tried to exit from the rear, Secret Service told him to remain inside," the report read.

Associated Press White House reporter Josh Lederman tweeted, "The North Lawn as seen now from inside the White House. We are in lockdown but all seems mostly calm."

The Secret Service has dealt with several fence jumpers over the past couple of years.

President Barack Obama is at the White House after returning late Monday from an international trip.

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