Secret Service director: Thoughts with bystander shot after gunfire exchanged near White House
Secret Service Director Sean Curran expressed condolences for a bystander wounded during a gunfire exchange near the White House. The armed suspect, identified as 21‑year‑old Nasire Best, was shot by Secret Service officers and later pronounced dead at a hospital. No Secret Service officers were injured, and President Donald Trump commented on the shooter’s violent history and alleged obsession with the White House.
- ▪Secret Service Director Sean Curran said his thoughts were with the innocent bystander who was wounded during the incident.
- ▪The armed suspect, 21‑year‑old Nasire Best, was killed after Secret Service police returned fire.
- ▪No Secret Service officers sustained injuries in the exchange of gunfire.
- ▪President Donald Trump noted the shooter had a violent history and possible obsession with the White House.
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Administration Secret Service director: Thoughts with bystander shot after gunfire exchanged near White House Comments: by Tara Suter - 05/24/26 9:19 PM ET Comments: Link copied by Tara Suter - 05/24/26 9:19 PM ET Comments: Link copied NOW PLAYING Secret Service Director Sean Curran said Sunday that his thoughts were with the bystander shot amid an exchange of gunfire between officers and a gunman near the White House on Saturday. “I want to recognize the quick and decisive response demonstrated by our Secret Service police officers last night in confronting an armed gunman. Their training, vigilance, positioning and immediate actions were instrumental in saving lives,” Curran said in a statement posted to social platform X on Sunday.
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