Dominic Adesanya jumps White House fence and makes it onto North Lawn

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Dominic Adesanya, 23, of Bel Air, Maryland, was taken into Secret Service custody
White House was placed on lockdown for about an hour an a half
Adesanya had been arrested at the White House before, according to his father
Incident comes on the same day that a Canadian soldier was shot and killed and Canadian Parliament and parts of downtown Ottawa placed on lockdown

Published: 18:54 EST, 22 October 2014 | Updated: 02:07 EST, 23 October 2014

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A Maryland man jumped the White House fence and ran onto the North Lawn before being subdued Wednesday night.

Dominic Adesanya, 23, stood on the North Lawn around 7.16pm, gesturing and lifting his shirt, before being taken down by K-9 units and subdued by the Secret Service.

His father spoke with ABC 2 and said Adesanya had been arrested at the White House before and that the family had tried to get him help.

Jumper: The man got inside the White House fence and stood on the North Lawn gesturing and lifting up his shirt (brightened to show detail)

On the lawn, Adesanya kicked a Secret Service K-9 unit that ran at him before another dog wrestled him to the ground and he was taken into custody.

'Dogs got him,' a spokesperson for the Secret Service told Reuters after the incident. The White House was put on lockdown for a little over an hour but was not evacuated.

Adesanya's last post to Instagram on Tuesday showed an I Voted sticker captioned 'Voted for this B #ImpeachObama.'

Other photos show him in action for Stevenson University in track and field, or showing off his physique in shirtless selfies.

Speaking with ABC 2, Adesanya's father said his son had been arrested at the White House before and that he wanted to speak to the president about how people were out to get him.

He also seemed to have an obsession with the Rothschild family, in particular Nathaniel Philip Rothschild, the British-born Swiss financier.

On a LinkedIn page with zero connections, in place of a job title, he describes himself as an 'American Slave' and rants about the Rothschild banking family.

Lockdown: The grounds of the White House were placed on lockdown after the jumper scaled the fence and ran onto the lawn

'Still waiting for Nathaniel Philip Rothschild and his father; Nathaniel Charles Jacob Rothschild-4th Baron Rothschild to let me go,' his profile states.

Adesanya was reported to be unarmed at the time of his arrest and was taken to the hospital. Two dogs from the security detail were transported to a veterinarian for injuries sustained.

The incident comes a time when tensions and security concerns are high.

Earlier Wednesday, a Canadian soldier was gunned down at the National War Memorial in Ottawa before gunman Michael Zehaf-Bibeauinto was shot and killed by the sergeant at arms.

Born Michael Joseph Hall, news outlets reported that Zehaf-Bibeau had recently converted to Islam, though officials have not said there is a connection to any extremist group.

He had recently been designated a 'high-risk traveler' and had his passport seized, according to a reporter for the Globe and Mail.

Jumper: Adesanya showed off his physique on Instagram and was a track runner for Stevenson, though according to his father he does not attend the school at this time

Struggle: The White House fence jumper kicked a service dog that ran at him and then struggled with another on the lawn before being brought down (brightened to show detail)

Subdued: The man punched a USSS K-9 unit as it tried to knock him to the ground and was transported to the hospital, though it was not clear what the injuries were (brightened to show detail)

Canadian Parliament and parts of downtown Ottawa were placed on lockdown.

Two days before, Martin Couture-Rouleau struck and killed a Canadian soldier in the Quebec city of Saint-Jean-Sur-Richelieu, injuring another.

Canadian authorities said the attack was deliberate and linked it to Couture-Rouleau's previous attempts to join ISIS in the fight in the Middle East.

In July, police seized his passport as he tried to travel to Turkey and postings made to Facebook indicated he wanted to join the Islamist extremist group fighting in Syria and Iraq.

Adesanya is the seventh person who has made it over the fence this year.

In September, Iraq War vet Omar Gonzalez made it over the fence and into the White House itself carrying a knife before an off-duty agent subdued him.

Gonzalez's run at the White House came just after another jumper scaled the fence in a Pikachu hat and carrying a plush doll of the Pokemon character.

The man surrendered after Secret Service members trained their weapons on him and ordered him to the ground.

The Gonzalez incident, along with several scandals that have plagued the Secret Service as of late, led to the resignation of Secret Service director Julia Pearson.

It has happened before: Intruder jumps fence at White House