Part of Lafayette Park in front of the White House closed

WASHINGTON — A section of Lafayette Park in front of the White House is closed right now after a disturbance the Secret Service calls suspicious activity.

The Secret Service says one person is in custody.

Lafayette Park and the North Fence Line along Pennsylvania Avenue remains closed right now.

John Domen

John started working at WTOP in 2016 after having grown up in Maryland listening to the station as a child. While he got his on-air start at small stations in Pennsylvania and Delaware, he's spent most of his career in the D.C. area, having been heard on several local stations before coming to WTOP.

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