The gunman who opened fire near the White House complex was identified as Nasire Best, NBC News reported, citing sources.

Five sources told the channel that the suspect had unspecified mental disorders on his medical record.

Meanwhile, the New York Post said the shooter believed he was Jesus Christ.

“While a motive for the attack hasn’t been confirmed, sources said Best is a mentally troubled individual who was well-known to the Secret Service for repeatedly loitering around various entry posts and who has violated a previous court order to stay away from the White House,” the newspaper wrote.

Here’s what we know about the shooting near the White House:

• A gunman was killed after opening fire on a U.S. Secret Service checkpoint outside the White House Saturday evening, an agency spokesperson told CBS News. Secret Service officers returned fire, hitting the suspect, who was taken to a hospital, where he died. A bystander was also wounded, but no Secret Service agents were injured.

• President Trump was at the White House during the incident, “but was not impacted,” the Secret Service spokesperson said.
• The suspect was identified by a person familiar with the investigation as 21-year-old Nasire Best. According to the source, Best had a previous run-in with Secret Service in July 2025 in which he tried to gain entry to the White House and was arrested and sent to a psychiatric ward for mental health issues.

• The shooting occurred outside the White House at 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW near the Eisenhower Executive Office Building. Somewhere between approximately 15 to 30 gunshots were fired, law enforcement sources told CBS News.
• Multiple CBS News reporters who were on the White House North Lawn said they heard what sounded like gunfire at around 6 p.m. ET before U.S. Secret Service ushered them inside. A White House lockdown was lifted just before 7 p.m.

Escerpt by CBS News 

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