Overview
- A man opened fire at a Secret Service checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW on Saturday and was struck by return fire; he was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead.
- A bystander was also hit and hospitalized, and investigators have not yet determined whether that wound was caused by the suspect’s shots or by officers’ return fire.
- President Donald Trump was inside the White House at the time and was not harmed, and press corps members on the North Lawn were ordered into the briefing room during a brief lockdown.
- Officials and reporting identified the suspect as 21-year-old Nasire Best, who had prior contacts with the Secret Service and a court-ordered stay-away from the White House area.
- The FBI has joined the active investigation as authorities process evidence and review procedures after several recent security incidents near presidential sites that have raised questions about perimeter controls and protocol.