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Shots Fired at 17th and Pennsylvania Ave - Secret Service Take Gunman Down UPDATES

https://hotair.com/tree-hugging-sister/2026/05/23/shots-fired-at-17th-and-pennsylvania-ave-secret-service-take-gunman-down-n3815249

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.
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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.
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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.
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The gunman never got inside the White House perimeter. Well done, Secret Service.
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Hmm. Fox's Chad Pergram is saying he was told the gunman came up 'near' the 17 gate and lit off some shots.
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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.
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...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...

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...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.

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

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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.
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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.

Does anyone have a clue why Verizon discontinuing 411 service is threadworthy?

Have you tried dialing 411 for the answer? 

I wonder how many of those Hispanic-named grads' families have been in the US legally for several generations, if not all the way back to 1849 when the US bought what is now the US Southwest.

Illegals can also excel scholastically. However, that does not change their immigration status so they should still be subject to deportation.

Successfully mixing humor with socio-political commentary is a difficult art and balance. Rush was a master of that art, and that was part of why lefties HATED him. Glen Beck was good at it in the early 2000s, but he lost his sense of humor around the time he bought into "Peak Oil" doom.

It goes downhill when an entertainer takes themself too seriously and becomes bitter and spiteful. Both Colbert and Kimmel used to be pretty good entertainers/comics until the TDS set in.

It is possible to recover though. Dennis Miller went off the deep end and became a really bitter guy but has since recovered and doesn't take himself as seriously as he used to.

Nick Kristof Flunks Journalism 101 Again

https://hotair.com/david-strom/2026/05/23/nick-kristof-flunks-journalism-101-again-n3815242#google_vignette

Nicholas Kristof is clearly smarting from the criticism from within and without The New York Times about his "dog rape" claims.

Those claims are so thinly and badly sourced that, while the newspaper's PR department keeps defending them, the actual news pages of the paper have totally avoided mentioning what would be one of the most explosive stories of 2026.

Does anybody think that the Times' reporters wouldn't love to expose such a story? It hits every Narrative™point they have been playing up for years. But, aside from the rantings of antisemites and schizoids, there is no "there" there.

Now he is at it again, promoting the ridiculous claims of the anti-Israeli/pro-Hamas flotilla freaks of Israel creating a "torture boat," in much the same way that Greta Thunberg pretended she had been abused by Jews when she tried to smuggle "aid" into Israel.

It's kind of amazing how Israel Haters' hatred makes the haters bat-guano crazeeeee.