Suspect shot dead and one civilian injured: all the details on the White House attacker

Dozens of gunshots were heard near the White House this Saturday shortly after 6 p.m. (local time), triggering the immediate lockdown of the complex and an emergency response by the Secret Service.

An agency official initially indicated that reports of detonations were being investigated at the corner of 17th Street and Northwest Pennsylvania Avenue, just outside the perimeter of the presidential residence.

After the blasts, members of the press on the North Lawn were rushed into the conference room as officers ordered them to take cover on the floor. Correspondent Selina Wang recounted the moment through a video posted on her X account while at the scene, noting that it sounded like dozens of gunshots.

Agents armed with rifles were seen moving quickly through the area and blocking access to the press room, while the noises appeared to be coming from the side where the Eisenhower Building is located. After initial confusion and containment of the threat, federal agencies succeeded in clarifying the nature of the attack.

Neutralization of the assailant and toll of casualties.

Multiple official sources confirmed to Fox News that the suspect accused of opening fire was fully identified as Nasire Best, a 21-year-old native of Maryland.

The attacker approached the 17th Street checkpoint, extracted a handgun from his bag and began firing directly at the officers stationed there. Secret Service agents immediately responded to the attack by opening fire and neutralizing Best, who died en route to GW Medical Center.

Initial investigations revealed that Nasire Best had previous documented encounterswith the Secret Service, as well as a known history of mental health problems. Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) Director Kash Patel confirmed that his agency's teams were quickly deployed to the scene to support the corresponding ballistic expertise, managing to lift the complex's confinement once the perimeter was secured.

During the exchange of gunfire, a civilian who was walking down the street was wounded by the bullet impacts. His condition remainsunder guarded condition at a medical facility and federal investigators are trying to determine whether the person was hit by the attacker's initial offensive or during the ensuing crossfire. No Secret Service personnel were injured during the containment operation.

Trump continued with his duties in the Oval Office.

President Donald Trump was inside the White Houseduring the entire event and was unaffected. Hours before the detonations, the president had announced from the Oval Office the proximity of a definitive agreement to conclude hostilities with Iran, in the framework of a day of high diplomatic and military activity for the administration.

Despite the magnitude of the police deployment around the West Wing, institutional activity inside the executive residence was not interrupted. White House communications director Steven Cheung ratified the continuity of the president's operations in the midst of the security crisis.

"President Trump is working at 8:00 p.m.," the official posted in Spanish through his X platform account. Cheung concluded his message by alluding to the presidential administration's steadfastness in the face of the day's events: "He can't stop, he won't stop."