{"id":82958,"date":"2026-05-24T08:21:07","date_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:21:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/?p=82958"},"modified":"2026-05-24T08:21:07","modified_gmt":"2026-05-24T12:21:07","slug":"shooter-was-mentally-ill","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/shooter-was-mentally-ill\/","title":{"rendered":"Shooter Was Mentally Ill"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em>From Fox News:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/a57.foxnews.com\/static.foxnews.com\/foxnews.com\/content\/uploads\/2026\/05\/1200\/675\/shots-reportedly-fired-near-white-house-fox-news-001.jpg?ve=1&amp;tl=1\" alt=\"An armed Secret Service agent reacts at the White House\" \/><\/p>\n<p class=\"speakable\" data-layout-index=\"5\">Multiple sources confirmed to Fox News Digital the male gunman who allegedly opened fire with a pistol Saturday near the White House in\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/category\/us\/washington-dc\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\" data-omtr-intcmp=\"fnc_us_article_main-content_article-body_6_1\">Washington, D.C.<\/a>, and was fatally shot by the U.S. Secret Service, has been identified as Nasire Best, 21, of Maryland.\u00a0At about 6 p.m. local time, the suspect allegedly approached a Secret Service checkpoint near 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW, removed a weapon from his bag and began firing at posted officers, a Secret Service spokesperson said.<\/p>\n<p data-layout-index=\"5\">Best, who allegedly had prior encounters with the Secret Service and a history of mental health issues, fired about three shots toward the executive mansion before he was taken down by Secret Service agents, according to a senior administration official with direct knowledge of the incident.<\/p>\n<div class=\"gsp_post_data\" \r\n\t            data-post_type=\"post\" \r\n\t            data-cat=\"news\" \r\n\t            data-modified=\"120\"\r\n\t            data-created=\"1779610867\"\r\n\t            data-title=\"Shooter Was Mentally Ill\" \r\n\t            data-home=\"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\"><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From Fox News: Multiple sources confirmed to Fox News Digital the male gunman who allegedly opened fire with a pistol.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_genesis_hide_title":false,"_genesis_hide_breadcrumbs":false,"_genesis_hide_singular_image":false,"_genesis_hide_footer_widgets":false,"_genesis_custom_body_class":"","_genesis_custom_post_class":"","_genesis_layout":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[32],"tags":[],"class_list":{"0":"post-82958","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-news","7":"entry"},"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82958","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82958"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82958\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82959,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82958\/revisions\/82959"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82958"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82958"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spiritdaily.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82958"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}