The suspect, 21-year-old Nasire Best, was taken to George Washington University Hospital, where he died, the sources said. The deceased suspect in the shooting outside the White House has been identified as 21-year-old Nasire Best, according to a person familiar with the investigation. Best had been living in Washington, D. C. , for the past approximately 18 months, the source said.
Gunman opened fire with a revolver, sources say Best had an incident with U. S. Secret Service in July 2025 in which he tried to gain entry to the White House and was arrested near it by Secret Service, the source said. He was sent to a psychiatric ward for mental health issues. The suspect in Saturday’s shooting outside the White House was previously known to the Metropolitan Police Department and the Secret Service, and he may have had mental health issues, law enforcement sources told CBS News. The sources said the shooting took place near the Starbucks that is located on Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
White House lockdown lifted 2 wounded in shooting near White House, sources say
Shooting suspect was a 21-year-old man who had a previous run-in with Secret Service, source says Senate Majority Leader John Thune and House Speaker Mike Johnson both praised the response of the Secret Service to the deadly shooting outside the White House. In a social media
Grateful for the Secret Service and the agents’ decisive actions to protect President Trump and everyone at and around the White House this evening. Kimberley and I are praying for the safety and security of those who were in harm’s way.
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Sources say suspect in shooting was previously known to D.C. Police, Secret Service
Johnson
We are grateful for our brave Secret Service agents who took quick, decisive action to protect President Trump, and our prayers are with the victims of tonight’s senseless shooting for a speedy recovery. Our law enforcement officers run into harm’s way each day to keep us safe…
— Speaker Mike Johnson (@SpeakerJohnson) May 24, 2026
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Thune, Johnson both “grateful” for Secret Service response to shooting outside White House
The Secret Service confirmed that Mr. Trump was at the White House when the incident occurred. The president and his team have been busy this weekend working to negotiate a peace deal to end the war with Iran. A suspect was shot and killed after opening fire on a U. S. Secret Service checkpoint outside the White House Saturday night, a Secret Service spokesperson said in a statement to CBS News. Trump briefed on shooting outside White House, official says
According to a preliminary investigation
the suspect approached the checkpoint, pulled a weapon out of his bag and began firing on officers, the spokesperson said. The Secret Service officers returned fire and struck the suspect. He was taken to a hospital, where he died, the spokesperson said. His name has not been released. A bystander was also struck by gunfire, the official disclosed, but it was unclear whether the bystander was hit by gunfire from the suspect or the officers.
The bystander’s condition was not immediately provided. Suspect shot, killed after opening fire on Secret Service checkpoint, officials say No Secret Service personnel were wounded, the spokesperson said. President Trump was at the White House during the incident, “but was not impacted,” the spokesperson added. A suspect began shooting Saturday evening at a security booth outside the White House where U. S. Secret Service officers were on guard inside, two sources familiar with the matter told CBS News.
Suspect opened fire on Secret Service security booth, sources say, but no agents wounded
CBS News White House associate producer Emma Nicholson
We are in lockdown at the White House after at least 20 continuous shots were fired in the area.
— Emma Nicholson (@emmacnicholson) May 23, 2026
We were just preparing to record the @CBSEveningNews when shots rang out and we ducked to the ground. Secret Service directed us to move into the White House shortly after.
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The shooting comes nearly a month after a gunman breached the security checkpoint outside the Washington
The sources said it appears that Secret Service agents were shot at, unsuccessfully, and returned fire
FBI Director Kash Patel said in a social media post that the FBI was “on scene and supporting the Secret Service.”
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U. S. Secret Service spokesperson Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement to CBS News that the agency was aware of “reports of shots fired near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW” and is “working to corroborate the information with personnel on the ground.”
