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 never violent”.

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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.”

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.

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…