U.S. Secret Service officers detain a man after he reportedly threw firecrackers over the fence of the White House in Washington September 16, 2013. REUTERS/Yuri Gripas
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A man threw firecrackers over the White House's north fence on Monday, just hours after a shooting rampage in the U.S. capital in which 13 people died, the U.S. Secret Service said.
Uniformed agents sealed off the area in front of the presidential mansion and ordered journalists in the driveway in front of the West Wing to move inside the building.
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