Man reportedly detained after jumping WH fence, punching dog [video]

April 26, 2015 Dominic Adesanya, New York Daily News, Secret Service, White House

http://twitter.com/#!/JTSTheHill/status/525064414366814208

Well, fortunately, it looks like they at least caught him before he got into the White House. So, progress!

This happened a few minutes ago

— michael viqueira (@mikeviqueira) October 22, 2014

Our AJAM cameraman saw a man jump the White House fence. He then saw the man apprehended with the help of USSS dogs on the north lawn.

— michael viqueira (@mikeviqueira) October 22, 2014

#Breaking A person jumped over the @WhiteHouse fence tonight. Detained by Secret Service. First jumper since Omar Gonzalez.

— Patrick Cornell (@PCornellCNN) October 22, 2014

Man taken into custody after jumping White House fence. Secret Service agent and uniformed USSS captured him, led struggling man away

— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) October 22, 2014

Video shows a man in gym shorts jumping over WH fence. USSS dogs rush to him – he kicks and punches dogs before being detained

— Justin Sink (@JTSTheHill) October 22, 2014

Video shows a man got onto White House grounds, was surrounded by Secret Service agents. Man literally punched a dog that ran at him.

— Jeff Mason (@jeffmason1) October 22, 2014

Fence jumper stopped by US Secret Service K-9. "Dog got him," spokesman said.

— Jim Acosta (@Acosta) October 22, 2014

The incident happened on the North Lawn, on the Pennsylvania Avenue side of the White House.

— Steve Brusk (@stevebruskCNN) October 22, 2014

Never a dull moment.

Another fence jumper. WTF.

— Sean Agnew (@seanagnew) October 22, 2014

Wait – another asshole jumped the White House fence?

— ¯_(ツ)_/¯ (@whereishawkins) October 22, 2014

Holy moses. Are you all seeing the footage of this White House jumper?

— T. Becket Adams (@BecketAdams) October 22, 2014

We’ll update with video when it becomes available.

Editor’s note: This post has been updated with additional tweets.

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Update:

Fox News has posted video:

Fox News has video of White House fence jumper kicking a police dog – https://t.co/6MDmdkfwe2

— Jackson Proskow (@JProskowGlobal) October 22, 2014

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Update:

White House fence jumper being transported to hospital after being subdued with assistance of Secret Service K9 teams – @MLevineReports

— Micah Grimes (@MicahGrimes) October 23, 2014

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Update:

two of the secret service dogs that attacked the fence jumper were injured and are on their way to the vet.

— Michael S. Schmidt (@MichaelSSchmidt) October 23, 2014

the fence jumper hit and "slammed" the secret service dogs that attacked him and the dogs are on their way to the vet

— Michael S. Schmidt (@MichaelSSchmidt) October 23, 2014

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Update:

WH jumper is Dominic Adesanya, 23 years old, Bel Air, MD, per USSS. Both dogs involved taken to vet for injuries sustained in the incident

— Justin Sink (@JTSTheHill) October 23, 2014

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