A bystander was struck by gunfire after a man opened fire toward a White House security checkpoint. U.S. Secret Service officers returned fire, and the suspect was fatally shot. The bystander has not been identified and suffered a gunshot wound described as not life-threatening, though the exact circumstances of how he was hit were unclear. Authorities released limited details about the early Saturday evening incident. No Secret Service officers were injured. The president was in the White House at the time. The shooting was the third near the president in the past month, following other armed incidents involving the White House and nearby areas.
"The Secret Service said the bystander, who has not been identified, suffered a gunshot wound described as not life-threatening. It was not clear how he was shot. Authorities have released few additional details about the early Saturday evening shooting. The District of Columbia Metropolitan Police Department said the suspect, identified as 21-year-old Nasire Best, started shooting toward a White House security checkpoint when Secret Service officers returned fire."
"No officers were injured, Secret Service Director Sean Curran said in a statement posted on social media. "Our thoughts are also with the innocent bystander who was wounded during this incident," Curran said. "The Secret Service is hopeful he will make a full recovery." President Donald Trump was in the White House at the time of the shooting."
"It was the third shooting near the president in the past month, after a man stormed the White House Correspondents' Association Dinner in April armed with guns and knives, and Secret Service officers shot and wounded a man who fired at them earlier this month near the Washington Monument. In a Truth Social post, Trump said the suspect in Saturday's shooting had a "possible obsession with our Country's most cherished structure.""
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