Washington DC man Nasire Best, 21, was shot dead by the Secret Service on Saturday. He was known to authorities and had spent time in a psychiatric hospital last year.

Nasire Best was identified by multiple news reports as the suspect in the shooting outside the White House on Saturday.

White House shooting: Officials said the suspect fired at officers, and was then shot in return. He was taken to hospital where he later died.

Sources told the channel that the suspect had unspecified mental disorders on his medical record

A gunman who allegedly believed he was Jesus Christ was identified as the suspect in the shooting outside the White House and was later killed by US Secret Service personnel…

A gunman who allegedly believed he was Jesus Christ was identified as the suspect in the shooting outside the White House and was later killed by US Secret Service personnel…

White House Shooting Breaking news. Who was Nasire Best? A shooting incident near the White House perimeter has concluded with the suspect, identified as Nasire Best, dead. A…

Nasire Best, a 21-year-old from Maryland, was fatally shot by Secret Service agents after opening fire near the White House

Nasir Best, the 21-year-old gunman who believed he was Jesus Christ, was shot dead by Secret Service agents after opening fire outside the White House on Saturday evening.

Secret Service identifies 21-year-old Nasire Best as the armed suspect shot dead after opening fire near a White House security checkpoint in Washington, DC.

The suspect in the shooting at the White House had previously attempted to enter through various gates and had confrontations with the Secret Service.

Officers returned fire and hit the suspect – named as Nasire Best (21), who later died in hospital

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Nasire Best was “known to the Secret Service” for “walking around the White House complex inquiring how to gain access at various entry points.”

Secret service KNEW today's White House shooter Nasire Besthttps://t.co/wPzD9lLpXR pic.twitter.com/DsvYEQ5lbK

Washington DC man Nasire Best, 21, was shot dead by the Secret Service on Saturday. He was known to authorities and had spent time in a psychiatric hospital last year.

A 21-year-old man has been named as the suspected gunman who approached a White House security check point and sprayed bullets at officer before he was shot dead

No Secret Service agents sustain injuries, but a bystander is wounded in the exchange of fire.

The gunman who opened fire at the White House this weekend before being fatally shot by Secret Service officers has been identified as Nasire Best.

The mother of the man shot dead by Secret Service officers near the White House has said she was left shocked after learning about the incident online, insisting her son “was…

Sources identified the 21-year-old suspect as Nasire Best of Dundalk, Maryland, and documents obtained by CBS News show Best previously blocked a White House entry lane in June…