More Details on Shooting Outside White House, | Political News
As we reported, photographs had been fired exterior the White House earlier, at seventeenth and Pennsylvania Avenue, in Washington, D.C.
The sounds of the photographs had been captured by ABC’s senior White House correspondent Selina Wang, who was doing a standup report on the north garden. The press was then herded into the Briefing Room for security, and the White House went on lockdown for about half an hour.
READ MORE: Breaking Video: White House Lockdown Lifted After Shots Fired Nearby; 2 Shot, 1 Fatally
Wang factors out where the capturing occurred.
FBI is on the scene and Secret Service is responding to photographs close to the White House grounds.
The President is at the moment at the White House.
I used to be in the center of taping from the White House North Lawn when I heard what appeared like dozens of gunshots fired close by.
We… pic.twitter.com/XFP7QcmSiZ
— Selina Wang (@selinawangtv) May 23, 2026
FBI is on the scene and Secret Service is responding to photographs close to the White House grounds.
The President is at the moment at the White House.
I used to be in the center of taping from the White House North Lawn when I heard what appeared like dozens of gunshots fired close by.
We immediately obtained down then heard yelling for us to evacuate to the briefing room. All the reporters on the north garden sprinted over
According to a Secret Service spokesperson, a suspect approached a Secret Service checkpoint close to seventeenth and Pennsylvania, took out a weapon from a bag, and started firing at the officers there.
Preliminary assertion relating to the capturing incident on seventeenth 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 best way to the hospital.
A bystander was also hit during the incident. It’s not clear by what gunfire he was hit – the initial firing by the suspect, or the next exchange between the suspect and the brokers. Fortunately, none of the Secret Service brokers had been hit.
Multiple sources confirmed to Fox News Digital the suspect accused of opening fire close to the White House Saturday afternoon has been recognized as Nasire Best, 21, of Maryland. […}
He allegedly had prior encounters with the Secret Service and a history of mental health issues, sources said.
Best was detained by Secret Service on June 26, 2025, for flagging down agents and making threats, and again on July 10, 2025, for entering a restricted area, Fox News has learned.
President Donald Trump was in the White House, and he was fine. He was informed about what had happened. This White House official noted Trump was still working at 8 p.m.
President Trump is working at 8:00 PM.
Can’t stop, won’t stop. https://t.co/SOcQNQpZ3R
— Steven Cheung (@StevenCheung47) May 24, 2026
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