Well, it wasn’t exactly a gunman or would-be assassin, but the Secret Service successfully apprehended a rogue individual who was somewhere he shouldn’t have been.
And what an adorable rogue intruder it was.
The Secret Service enjoyed some social media virality on Wednesday when a video began circulating showing an armed agent apprehending a young child who had somehow slipped away from his parents — and through the fence.
Watch:
A kid squeezed through the fence on the north lawn of the White House. Secret Service has retrieved him and brought him back to his parents. pic.twitter.com/42jpG1tF5w
— Tyler Smith (@tyler5mith) March 26, 2025
According to independent video journalist Tyler Smith, the young child “squeezed through the fence on the north lawn of the White House.”
He added: “Secret Service has retrieved him and brought him back to his parents.”
Perhaps unsurprisingly, social media had a field day with the ultimately harmless incident.
Many took the viral incident as a moment to point out how easy it is to tell who has children and who doesn’t:
You can tell which of the Secret Service has kids.
— Eupeptic Joe (@jmotivator) March 26, 2025
“You can