Suspect dead, bystander wounded after exchange of gunfire near White House: Secret Service

The suspect was identified as Nasire Best, 21, of Dundalk, Maryland. The Secret Service said officers shot and killed an armed man who opened fire at a White House checkpoint Saturday evening. A bystander was also struck by gunfire in the incident, but it was not immediately clear how, the Secret Service said. The suspect was identified as as Nasire Best, 21, of Dundalk, Maryland, according to Washington, D.C.'s Metropolitan Police Department. Best allegedly walked up to the checkpoint in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW around 6 p.m., removed a weapon from a bag and began firing at the officers posted there, the Secret Service said. "Secret Service police officers returned fire, striking the suspect, who was transported to an area hospital, where he later died," the Secret Service said in a statement.

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