White House Shooting Suspect Identified as 21-Year-Old Nasire Best With Reported Mental Health Issues
Officials said the suspect had prior White House access attempts and mental-health issues, and a bystander was injured in the exchange of gunfire.
- 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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Man killed in gunfire near White House
A gunman who fired at a White House checkpoint ?was shot by officers and died after being taken to the hospital on Saturday evening, the Secret Service said. The man approached the checkpoint at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue near the White House, pulled a gun out of his bag, and started shooting at officers, according to a Secret Service statement sent to Reuters. Officers returned fire and shot the suspect, the agency said. A bystander wa…
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