The White House was briefly placed on lockdown on Tuesday afternoon, after a man fleeing a robbery jumped a perimeter fence.
The unidentified man was arrested by Secret Service officers after he hopped over the fence alongside the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is part of the White House complex.
Secret Service spokesman Robert Hoback said an initial investigation suggested the intruder was fleeing a robbery just across the street.
It is not clear if he was the robber, the victim or a simple bystander at the crime scene.
The man was taken to a local hospital by police to be treated for minor injuries to his hand inflicted when he climbed over the fence, said Mr Hoback.
President Barack Obama was at the White House during the incident after returning on Monday night from an international trip.
Service personnel launched the lockdown at around 4pm local time, but the all-clear was given less than half an hour later.
Reporters inside the White House were temporarily sequestered by automatically locking doors.
In 2014, a man who jumped a White House fence made it deep inside the presidential mansion before officers were able to seize him.
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