BREAKING: Secret Service Clears White House Lawn for Unknown Reasons

The Secret Service cleared the White House lawn this afternoon for unknown reasons, though there is apparently a lockdown in place:

View from inside the White House, where we appear to currently be on lockdown pic.twitter.com/37X5HW2AIH

— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) April 26, 2016

The North Lawn as seen now from inside the White House. We are in lockdown but all seems mostly calm pic.twitter.com/0sU6lQfXjm

— Josh Lederman (@joshledermanAP) April 26, 2016

#Breaking White House front lawn being cleared by secret service and officers with big guns looking for something.

— Phil Sanchez (@Phil_Sanchez) April 26, 2016

White House Pool reports WH is apparently on lockdown pic.twitter.com/xzAN5orOOv

— Jon Passantino (@passantino) April 26, 2016

There are unconfirmed reports of another fence jumper:

Some kind of security alert at the White House. Possible fence jumper.

— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) April 26, 2016

Reports of possible fence jumper at the White House; North Lawn being cleared

— Jesse Rodriguez (@JesseRodriguez) April 26, 2016

JUST IN: There's been another attempted fence jumper at the #WhiteHouse. They didn't get far.

— Chris Tye (@TVTye) April 26, 2016

UPDATE –– 5:29 pm EST: Officials later confirmed there was a fence-jumper, but at a building west of the White House grounds. The lockdown was lifted after a half hour.

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