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60 Minutes · Suspect previously tried to enter White House before deadly shooting incident, court documents show
- 1. A 21-year-old man named Nasir Best was killed by Secret Service after he opened fire at a checkpoint near the White House on Saturday.
- 2. During the shooting, a male bystander was struck by gunfire, but he is now in serious but stable condition after undergoing surgery.
- 3. Court records reveal that the suspect, Nasir Best, had a history of attempting to breach White House property and prior encounters with law enforcement.
- 4. The Justice Department filed a supplemental argument in ongoing litigation, citing the shooting as an "attempted assassination attempt" and stressing the need for new White House East Wing construction.