Two uniformed U.S. Secret Service officers suffered minor injuries in an accidental shooting inside the gate of the White House on Tuesday.

Secret Service spokeswoman Kim Bruce said both officers were inside the southwest service gate, located behind the Old Executive Office building off 17th and E streets in Northwest, when one officer’s service-issued gun accidentally went off shortly after 2 p.m. One officer suffered an injury to the leg, and the other had a shrapnel wound to the face, Bruce said.

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