White House Shooting Suspect Identified as 21-Year-Old Nasire Best With Reported Mental Health Issues
The suspect had a history of mental health issues and prior law enforcement contacts, officials said, as investigators probe whether the president was targeted.
- The U.S. Secret Service shot and killed 21-year-old Nasire Best after he approached a security checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW and opened fire with a handgun.
- Best had an extensive history of documented mental illness and multiple prior encounters with federal law enforcement, including a July 2025 arrest at a White House complexity driveway where he bypassed security, claimed he was "Jesus Christ," and was subsequently issued a judicial stay-away order.
- President Donald Trump was inside the Oval Office working at the time of the assault but was completely unharmed, while a bystander was struck and injured during the exchange of roughly 30 gunshots between Best and Secret Service agents.
- The shooting triggered a chaotic 40-minute lockdown of the White House complex, forcing journalists and staff on the North Lawn to scramble for cover inside the press briefing room while the FBI and Secret Service launched a joint investigation into the breach.
- The shooting occurred less than a month after 31-year-old Cole Allen opened fire at the annual White House Correspondents' Dinner, and federal agencies are investigating the latest attack, though authorities have not yet publicly detailed a motive.
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On Saturday, shortly after 6:00 p.m., a gunman opened fire at a security checkpoint near the White House. The suspect, from the state of Maryland, was shot dead by the Secret Service officers. The authorities also reported an injured passerby in the shooting. The police blocked access to the White House and closed the perimeter all around. On his social network Truth Social, Donald Trump claimed that the shooter "had a history of violence and se…
In the U.S., after shooting near the White House, a suspect has been overwhelmed by security forces.
White House Gunman Identified as Nasire Best
President Donald Trump said the gunman killed after opening fire near a White House security checkpoint had a “possible obsession” with the presidential residence. In a statement, the Secret Service said that the incident occurred shortly after 6 p.m., during which no agents were injured, but one bystander was shot after the suspect “pulled a weapon from his bag and began firing.” CBS News reported that 15 to 30 total gunshots were fired. Nasire…
Washington. U.S. Secret Service agents killed yesterday a person who, according to the agency, approached a security checkpoint near the White House and shot them; a passerby was injured during the incident and is in critical condition.
A shooting broke out on the outskirts of the White House. On Saturday night, 23 May, a man opened fire on a security checkpoint near the White House... Read more Shooting near the White House: the suspect "had a history of violence," according to Donald Trump appeared first on Current Values.
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