{"id":2606341,"date":"2026-05-23T23:34:01","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T03:34:01","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-shooter-dead-after-secret-service-returned-fire\/"},"modified":"2026-05-23T23:34:52","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T03:34:52","slug":"white-house-shooter-dead-after-secret-service-returned-fire","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-shooter-dead-after-secret-service-returned-fire\/","title":{"rendered":"White House Shooter Dead After Secret Service Returned Fire"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">18<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fwhite-house-shooter-dead-after-secret-service-returned-fire%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2606341&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>A man who opened fire at a White house security checkpoint on Saturday was shot and killed by officers who returned fire, according to the U.S. Secret Service. The agency said the suspect pulled a weapon and began firing shortly after 6 p.m. ET near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue.A preliminary report identified the suspect as 21-year-old Nasire best, and said he later died at a hospital.  <\/p>\n<p>The incident marked the third gunfire event in the area involving President Donald Trump within about a month, following earlier shootings near the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner in April and near the Washington Monument in May. A bystander was also struck, though officials said it was unclear whether the person was hit by the suspect\u2019s initial shots or by shots fired by officers. Secret Service said no officers were injured and that Trump was not impacted.  <\/p>\n<p>Witnesses and journalists reported hearing multiple gunshots and being told to take cover.The FBI and metropolitan Police Department also issued public updates and cautions to avoid the area. The article notes the Saturday shooting occurring nearly a month after a previously alleged assassination attempt on April 25 and references related charges from the May 4 incident near the White House.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><br \/>\n<!DOCTYPE html PUBLIC \"-\/\/W3C\/\/DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional\/\/EN\" \"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/TR\/REC-html40\/loose.dtd\"><br \/>\n<?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><html><body><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC3)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC4)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>A person who opened fire Saturday on a White House security checkpoint is dead after being shot by officers who returned fire, the U.S. Secret Service said. It was the third incidence of gunfire in the vicinity of President Donald Trump in the past month.<\/p>\n<p>The law enforcement agency said in a preliminary statement posted on X that the person in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue \u201cpulled a weapon from his bag\u201d shortly after 6 p.m. ET and began firing. The officers returned fire, hitting the suspect, who was taken to a hospital where he later died, the Secret Service said.<\/p>\n<p>The suspect was identified as 21-year-old Nasire Best, said a law enforcement official who spoke on the condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss the investigation.<\/p>\n<p>It was the third time in the past month that gunfire has broken out near the president following incidents at the White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner in April and near the Washington Monument earlier in May.<\/p>\n<p>A bystander was also struck on Saturday, but a law enforcement official said it wasn\u2019t clear whether that person was struck by the suspect\u2019s initial bullets or those fired subsequently by officers.<\/p>\n<p>Secret Service said none of its officers were injured, and that Trump \u2014 who was at the White House at the time \u2014 was not \u201cimpacted.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Journalists working at the White House on Saturday evening reported hearing a series of gunshots and were told to seek shelter inside the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/white-house-we-cant-guarantee-covid-19-relief-by-march\/\" title=\"...: We can...t guarantee COVID-19 relief by March\">press briefing room<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p>In a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/why-this-average-american-is-voting-for-donald-trump\/\" title=\"Why This Average American Is Voting for Donald ...\">social media post<\/a>, FBI Director Kash Patel said officers were responding to shots fired and said he would \u201cupdate the public as we\u2019re able.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Evidence of the shooting was visible on a sidewalk just outside the White House complex, where <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >yellow crime scene tape snaked<\/a> across the pavement and officers with the U.S. Secret Service placed dozens of orange evidence markers on the ground. Medical material, including what appeared to be purple surgical gloves and kits typically used by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/media-left-rush-to-claim-pride-parade-death-as-a-homophobic-terrorist-attack-it-was-an-accident-by-another-participant\/\" title=\"Media, Left Rush To Claim Pride Parade Death As A Homophobic \u2018Terrorist Attack.... It Was An Accident By Another Participant.\">emergency medical personnel<\/a>, were also seen.<\/p>\n<p>In a post d on X, ABC News senior White House correspondent Selina Wang d dramatic video of the moment she said she heard what \u201csounded like dozens of gunshots\u201d and ducked for cover. Writing that she had been performing a routine task that White House reporters do daily \u2014 filming themselves on a cellphone for a social media post \u2014 Wang\u2019s video shows her speaking for a few seconds about Trump\u2019s statements earlier Saturday about a potential Iran deal.<\/p>\n<p>As the sounds of gunfire are heard in the background, Wang\u2019s eyes grow wider, and she ducks down in the media tent, which is among those situated in a line along the White House driveway where broadcasters film their reports. On X, Wang\u2019s video had been d thousands of times as of Saturday evening, and viewed at least 3 million times.<\/p>\n<p>The Metropolitan Police Department said on its X account that the Secret Service was working the scene and cautioned people to avoid the area. The scene is near where a gunman ambushed two members of the West Virginia National Guard last November.<\/p>\n<p>U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from her wounds. Andrew Wolfe, then 24, was critically wounded. Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been charged in that incident.<\/p>\n<p>The gunfire Saturday comes nearly a month after what law enforcement authorities said was an attempted assassination of the president on April 25 as he attended the annual White House Correspondents\u2019 Association Dinner at a Washington hotel. Cole Tomas Allen, of Torrance, California, <a href=\"https:\/\/apnews.com\/article\/trump-correspondents-dinner-allen-shooting-d9a2d4ddab8c6a48d3e365f72eea9a86\">recently pleaded not guilty<\/a> to charges that he attempted to kill Trump and remains in federal custody.<\/p>\n<p>Following that scare, Secret Service officers shot a suspect they said had fired at officers near the Washington Monument, also near the White House. Michael Marx, 45, of Midland, Texas, was charged in a complaint filed in U.S. District Court in connection with the May 4 shooting. 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