WASHINGTON — The White House was placed on lockdown Wednesday afternoon.
It’s unclear at this time what prompted the security measure but HuffPo reporter Jon-Christopher Bua reports there is a suspicious package being investigated.
President Obama is not at The White House.
Up-Date suspicion package! We are in Lock Down here at White House More to Come! @JCBua @whpresscorps pic.twitter.com/nc9w88w390
— Jon-Christopher Bua (@JCBua) September 16, 2015
This is a breaking story and will be updated.