Secret Services Agents took a man on the ground after trying to scale the fence of the White House.
The man started climbing on an outer fence on the south of the presidential residence in Washington DC on Monday around 4.20 pm.
He walked past a group of bystanders, called 'F *** It' and began to climb the wrought iron barrier, witness David Stanley to Fox 5.
Secret service providers descended to the area where the man was climbing while snipers on the roof 'run around', Stanley claims. K-9 officers also hurried the lawn.
The man, whose identity has not been released, was taken into custody. It is unclear whether he will be charged in the incident.
Civil servants have not yet said why the suspect tried to climb the fence and the incident – including security measures and response – is under a 'protective operational evaluation' by the Secret Service, per agency protocol.
President Donald Trump was in the White House on Monday and spoke with reporters in the Oval Office after signing a series of executive orders and proclamations. It is unclear whether he was in the presidential home at the time of the incident.
A man walked past a group of bystanders, shouted 'f *** it' and started climbing the wrought iron fence on the south of the White House on Monday around 4.30 p.m.
Secret Service Officers descended to the area where the man was climbing while snipers 'running around' on the roof and K-9 officers rushed the lawn. They grabbed the man on the floor and took him in custody
President Donald Trump was in the White House (photo) on Monday and spoke with reporters in the Oval Office after signing a series of executive orders and proclamations. It is unclear whether he was in the presidential home at the time of the incident
The White House and the 18 -hectare grounds are protected by a 13ft wrought iron fence that was built during Trump's first presidential term.
Civil servants concluded that a larger fence was needed during the Obama administration after a series of infringements of security – including in September 2014, when a man in Texas who wore a knife, scaled the fence, sprinted over the northern lawn and entered the White House .
That incident led to security officials put a second, shorter barrier – made of metal bicycle racks – put some feet in place for the current fence. Potential jumpers would essentially have separate fences to scale up – the bicycle racks and the actual fence.
An 'anti-climb' function consisting of sharp metal points was placed on top of the fence in July 2015 to make it difficult to climb.
Security officials also limited access to the public to sidewalks and adjacent areas south of the White House shortly after Trump took office in 2017, after a Californian man who wore Mace, the fence of the managerial mansion climbed and roamed the site for about 17 minutes before The secret service providers discovered him.
MailOnline has approached the secret service and the White House for comment on the attempted infringement on Monday.
