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This is not the way a reporter normally handles their updates from the White House grounds.

It’s been a rainy, crappy day in D.C., and some of the press had little shelters while others were out on the lawn under the trees, doing what they do with all the news about the Iran deal or no deal in the air.





And it suddenly got spicy.

Some reporters are quicker to duck and cover than others. 

Woof. 

There were upwards of thirty shots ringing in the air as panicked reporters were hustled into the White House press room for their own safety.

Reports are coming in that three of the shots were from a man brandishing a pistol and firing towards the White House, and the rest of the fusillade was the Secret Service agents returning fire.

There were no injuries to law enforcement, according to reports. Right now, the shooter is in critical condition, and unfortunately, a bystander was hit as well.





The tiny red dot on the left-hand side of this overhead shot will give you an idea of how close to the White House this happened and why the Secret Service was the agency to respond in such an apparently overwhelming force.

The gunman never got inside the White House perimeter. Well done, Secret Service.

Not a word yet on any ID of the shooter or the condition of the poor person who was hit in the crossfire.

Finding more video now of the moment the shots rang out.

More video of the press booking for safety.

MORE: The Secret Service has lifted the lockdown, and those reporters are streaming out to see if they can get any more information.





Patel says the FBI is on scene as you’d imagine.

Hmm. Fox’s Chad Pergram is saying he was told the gunman came up ‘near’ the 17 gate and lit off some shots.

UPDATE:   Okay, the White House is saying the shooter approached the SS checkpoint, removed the weapon, and began firing at police officers. Obviously, they returned fire and hit him, and no one is quite sure who hit the bystander.

The shooter was taken to a local hospital and died.

MORE: CNN’s John Miller is sharing what he’s being told – a 21-year-old male, ‘who has been identified TO law enforcement,’ but they are not publicly identifying him. 





…CNN’s John Miller: “This is a 21-year-old individual. He has been identified to law enforcement. He has not been identified by law enforcement.”  

“He was walking on 17th Street… We’re told he reached into a bag and we’ve seen a bag when we look at those crime scene photos.”  

“Pulled out the g*n and opened fire in the direction of this secret checkpoint staffed by Secret Service officers.”

MORE: Reuters fills in a few more blanks and, sad to say, I’m STARTING TO SENSE A THEME…

…The suspect was identified as an emotionally disturbed person, the official said, adding that a “stay-away order” had been ⁠issued to the suspect previously.

Earlier, the U.S. Secret Service said it was investigating the incident and FBI ⁠Director Kash Patel said his agency was supporting the probe.

This is a rehash of what we already have learned, but it is the official Secret Service statement, so I did want to get it up here.





I can’t imagine where ‘mentally unstable’ individuals get the idea that acting out their twisted, angry fantasies and shooting people is the answer.

…THEN SHE ENDS BY SAYING ” YOU DON’T WANT THIS SMOKE.”

Welp. I have to apologize for cracking on the reporter who stood in the middle of the lawn to take all of his stuff off before ducking.

At least he knew what was going on.

Ah! Good news at last about the bystander.

GUNMAN IDENTIFIED: The NY Post has the gunman’s reported ID.

A crazed gunman opened fire outside the White House Saturday evening, getting off about three shots before he was taken down by a barrage from the Secret Service, sources said.

Nasire Best, 21, fired at a checkpoint at about 6:10 p.m. after being seen pacing in a strange manner up and down 17th St. Northwest, sources told The Post. He used a revolver and only got off a few shots before he was quickly shot and killed in a hail of bullets from federal officers.

A least one bystander was hit and seriously wounded in the fusillade, the sources said.

While a motive for the attack hasn’t been confirmed, sources said Best is a mentally troubled individual who believed he was Jesus Christ and is known to the Secret Service and has violated a pervious court order to stay away from the White House.





He’d been arrested for trying to get into the White House grounds previously.

MORE: Oh, dear – this is not at all what I wanted to have to correct. CNN is reporting that the poor person caught in the crossfire has died, dang it. 

Oh, this is awful. 

 


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