{"id":940,"date":"2026-05-25T02:49:00","date_gmt":"2026-05-25T02:49:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=940"},"modified":"2026-05-25T02:49:00","modified_gmt":"2026-05-25T02:49:00","slug":"trump-says-gunman-who-opened-fire-at-white-house-checkpoint-had-possible-obsession-with-executive-mansion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/humanitystories.pics\/?p=940","title":{"rendered":"Trump says gunman who opened fire at White House checkpoint had \u2018possible obsession\u2019 with executive mansion"},"content":{"rendered":"
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President Trump on Sunday claimed the crazed gunman who opened fire\u00a0outside the White House<\/a>\u00a0had a \u201cpossible obsession\u201d with the Executive Mansion as he praised the Secret Service and law enforcement.<\/p>\n

\u201cThank you to our great Secret Service and Law Enforcement for the swift and professional action taken this evening against a gunman near the White House, who had a violent history and possible obsession with our Country\u2019s most cherished structure,\u201d the president wrote\u00a0on Truth Social<\/a>\u00a0just after midnight.<\/p>\n

\u201cThe gunman is dead after an exchange of gunfire with Secret Service Agents near the White House gates.\u201d<\/p>\n

Nasire Best, 21, armed with a revolver, walked up to a security checkpoint near the intersection of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue\u00a0when he\u00a0opened fire at about 6:10 p.m<\/a>.<\/p>\n

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Best fired off several shots before he was taken down by fast-acting agents stationed at one of the various checkpoints on the perimeter of the White House complex.<\/p>\n