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Added on the 11/08/2015 22:51:53 - Copyright : Reuters - Next Media
The US flag flies at half-mast at the White House to pay tribute to the victims of the deadly shooting in Maine. President Joe Biden on Thursday ordered flags to be lowered to half-mast at the White House and all government buildings after a gunman in the US state of Maine killed at least 18 people. IMAGES
The US flag atop the White House is at half-staff to honor the victims of the mass shooting in Boulder, Colorado, that killed ten people, including a police officer. President Biden's order to lower flags comes just one day after they were raised from half-staff to honor the victims killed in a shooting spree in Atlanta. IMAGES
Students gather outside the White House to protest gun violence, one month to the day after a 19-year-old shooter unleashed a hail of gunfire at a Florida high school. Students nationwide are participating in the "National School Walkout", slated to last 17 minutes -- one for each victim shot dead during the Valentine's Day massacre in Parkland. IMAGES
The White House was briefly placed on lockdown Friday after a man reportedly brandished a weapon at Secret Service agents on the edge of the complex, prompting the officers to shoot him. IMAGES
A United States Secret Service officer formerly assigned to the White House was shot and killed on Tuesday in Washington D.C.