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The perpetrator of the shooting was called Nasire Best and was only 21 years old; He was “obsessed” with the White House. Trump was in the building.
There was a shooting last night next to White House, em Washington.
Agents from the force responsible for Donald Trump’s personal security responded to reports of an armed man near the White House, which triggered a shootout.
Between 15 and 30 balas were fired on a corner one block from the building that serves as the residence of the President of the United States of America.
The sound of gunshots was captured inside the White House perimeter by journalists who were in the North garden, in direct on the progress of peace negotiations with Iran and the imminence of an agreement announced by Donald Trump on Saturday.
🚨 WHITE HOUSE SHOOTING REACTIONS
Three reporters go live as shots ring out near the White House.
Two duck for cover immediately.
One stands there completely clueless.
Never be the woman in the middle.
— Alec Lace (@AlecLace)
Journalists were taken to the press room and witnessed the intervention of heavily armed Secret Service agents.
Suspect died
The armed man who opened fire on Secret Service agents in front of the White House he died after being shot, the presidential security service indicated in a statement.
A person who was passing by was also wound in the exchange of gunfire, declared the Secret Service, without providing information about the victim’s health status.
The shooter opened fire on agents at a security checkpoint near the White House, and “Secret Service agents responded, striking the suspect, who was taken to a local hospital, where he later died,” the statement said.
“Obsessed” with the White House
Donald Trump was at the White House at the time of the shooting.
He canceled all weekend trips due to the crisis with Iran, and was not affected for what happened, said in a statement Anthony Guglielmi, spokesman for the Secret Service, the police agency responsible for protecting the President and Vice President.
The US President stated that the man “had a history of violence and seemed obsessed “with the building.”
“I thank our excellent Secret Service agents and law enforcement for their quick and professional action tonight [de sábado] against a shooter near the White House who had a history of violence and seemed obsessed with our nation’s most beloved building,” Donald Trump wrote on social media.
Shortly after 6:00 pm (11:00 pm in Lisbon), a man near the White House security perimeter “He took a gun out of his suitcase and opened fire,” wrote Guglielmi.
Several North American media identified the suspect as being Nasire Best, the 21 anos.
The man – from Maryland, near Washington – had a history of problems with mental health and was already known to the Secret Service for having round the White House on several occasions, the press reported.
