Overview
- More than ten shots were reported at the corner of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW on Saturday evening near the west-side perimeter of the White House.
- Secret Service agents confronted and “neutralized” the armed individual at the scene and officers recovered a revolver that investigators say was used.
- The White House briefly went into lockdown, reporters on the North Lawn were ordered into the briefing room, and the president remained inside and was not harmed.
- The FBI deployed to assist the Secret Service and is leading an active investigation while officials confirm that two people were taken to hospital, a passerby and the attacker.
- Media and law-enforcement reports identify the shooter as 21-year-old Nasir Best, who had prior encounters with the Secret Service and reported mental-health issues; investigators continue to seek motive and full medical details.