Bystander in serious condition after fatal shooting near White House checkpoint
Police said the suspect had prior White House encounters and investigators are reviewing whether mental health issues played a role.
- On Saturday, 21-year-old Nasire Best fired toward a White House security checkpoint around 6 p.m. before Secret Service officers fatally shot him. 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. He ignored officers' commands and claimed to be Jesus Christ.
- President Donald Trump used the incident to lobby Congress for $1 billion in security upgrades, including a ballroom on the East Wing site. Trump claimed 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. No Secret Service agents were harmed.
- This 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 incident near the Washington Monument. The pattern intensifies concerns over rising political violence.
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The gunman who opened fire at a White House security checkpoint on Saturday evening has been identified as Nasire Best, 21, who had a history of mental illness and prior encounters with Secret Service and local law enforcement. Best, who had been issued a stay-away order from the White House in 2025, fired multiple shots before being fatally shot by return fire. One bystander was seriously wounded. President Trump and White House staff were unha…
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