Bystander in serious condition after fatal shooting near White House checkpoint
Secret Service officers returned fire after the suspect opened fire toward a White House checkpoint, and a bystander was hospitalized in serious condition.
- On Saturday, 21-year-old Nasire Best fired toward a White House security checkpoint around 6 p.m. before being fatally shot by Secret Service officers. One bystander sustained injuries during the exchange.
- Best, a 2023 Dundalk High School graduate from Maryland, had previously been arrested near the White House last July for attempting to enter restricted grounds. District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department records confirmed the prior incident.
- President Donald Trump lobbied Congress for $1 billion in security upgrades, including a ballroom on the East Wing site, claiming the suspect had a "possible obsession with our country's most cherished structure."
- The unidentified bystander remained in serious but stable condition Sunday, with the Secret Service describing the gunshot wound as not life-threatening.
- This incident marks the third shooting near the president in the past month, following an April attack at the White House Correspondents Association Dinner and a separate encounter near the Washington Monument.
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A bystander wounded during a shooting near the White House remained in serious yet stable condition on Sunday, with Secret Service Director Sean Curran expressing hope for the individual’s full recovery. The Secret Service said a gunman pulled a weapon from his bag and began firing near 17th street and Pennsylvania Avenue on Saturday, prompting agents to return fire. The suspect was struck and later pronounced dead at the hospital. No officers w…
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Bystander in serious condition after fatal shooting near White House checkpoint - WSVN 7News | Miami News, Weather, Sports
A bystander who was struck by gunfire after a man fired on a checkpoint outside the White House and was fatally shot by U.S. Secret Service officers remained in serious but stable condition Sunday. The Secret Service said the bystander, who has not been identified, suffered a gunshot wound described as not life-threatening. It was not clear how he was shot. Authorities have released few additional details about the early Saturday evening shootin…
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