Toddler slips through White House fence, is carried out by Secret Service

Secret Service officers witnessed the toddler on the North Lawn before handing him to another officer.

Secret Service Chief of Communications Anthony Guglielmi addressed the incident in a statement shared on X.

"Just after 6:30 p.m. on Wednesday, U.S. Secret Service Uniformed Division officers observed a child slip through the White House north fence," said the post.

The Uniformed Division officers are assigned to the White House Branch, according to the Secret Service website.

The officers provide "protection and law enforcement functions for the White House, Eisenhower Executive Office Building, New Executive Office Building, the Treasury Building and grounds to include the Treasury Annex, and other Presidential offices located in the immediate area."

It is unclear which authorities were involved in returning the boy to his parents.

Fox News Digital reached out to the White House for comment.

"The Secret Service Uniformed Division today encountered a curious young visitor along the White House north fence line who briefly entered White House grounds," Gugliemli told Fox News Digital at the time.

The current fence is 6 feet and 6 inches tall.

It will be replaced by an approximately 13-foot-tall fence with wider and stronger posts, according to the National Park Service website.

Julia Musto contributed reporting.