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.
After the sound of numerous shots rang out, members of the press who were filming at the White House were seen diving for cover and were told by Secret Service to gather on the north lawn and to run into the press briefing room.
