The White House came under gunfire with the President working inside at the time of the shooting. The attacker was killed by secret service. One bystander was injured. The attacker was 21-year-old Nasire Best. He has a history of mental illness. He also has a history of violating White House property.
White House Shooting
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FBI is on the scene and Secret Service is responding to shots near the White House grounds.
The President is currently at the White House.
I was in the middle of taping from the White House North Lawn when I heard what sounded like dozens of gunshots fired nearby.
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— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) May 23, 2026
FBI is on the scene and Secret Service is responding to shots near the White House grounds.
The President is currently at the White House.
I was in the middle of taping from the White House North Lawn when I heard what sounded like dozens of gunshots fired nearby.
We immediately got down then heard yelling for us to evacuate to the briefing room. All the reporters on the north lawn sprinted over
According to a Secret Service spokesperson, a suspect approached a Secret Service checkpoint near 17th and Pennsylvania, took out a weapon from a bag, and began firing at the officers there.
Preliminary statement regarding the shooting incident on 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue. pic.twitter.com/NOdFKmwVuU
— U.S. Secret Service Office of Communications (@SecretSvcSpox) May 24, 2026
Agents then returned fire. They hit the suspect, who later died on the way to the hospital.
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Official White House photo via Wikimedia Commons, public domain; cropped to 1600×900.
An armed suspect is dead after opening fire on Secret Service officers at a checkpoint just steps from the White House on Saturday evening.
President Trump was inside the White House when the shooting unfolded near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.
According to multiple reports, the suspect approached a Secret Service checkpoint, brandished a pistol, and fired approximately three shots at officers posted at the location.
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A gunman opened fire near the White House on Saturday evening, with US Secret Service agents killing the assailant in a shootout during which a bystander was also struck, authorities said.
US President Donald Trump was in the White House at the time – on a day when he was working to negotiate a deal with Iran – but was not impacted by the incident, Secret Service communications chief Anthony Guglielmi said in a statement.
The confrontation took place just after 18:00 (22:00 GMT) when a man near the White House security perimeter “pulled a weapon from his bag and began firing”.
“Secret Service Police returned fire, striking the suspect, who was transported to an area hospital, where he was pronounced deceased. During the shooting, one bystander was also struck by gunfire,” Guglielmi said, without giving details on the bystander’s condition.