WASHINGTON - DC Police have confirmed an elderly couple from Wisconsin has died after four people were struck by lightning Thursday evening near the White House.Members of the U.S.
Park Police and the Secret Service were the first to witness the lightning strike at Lafayette Park on the 1600 block of Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
They said they immediately notified D.C. Fire and EMS and the Metropolitan Police Department.Vito Maggiolo, the spokesperson for D.C.
Fire and EMS, said they received the call at 6:52 p.m. The Metropolitan Police Department said they were notified one minute earlier.