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...and the reporter here does not provide crucial information about the man who came to the White House checkpoint with a gun. News reports suggest that Nasire Best had mental health problems and was showing signs of delusions.

https://www.thebanner.com/community/criminal-justice/who-is-nasire-best-alleged-white-house-shooter-killed-secret-service-DJ2CR6XFCREWHBEAUA2WBHAK4Y/

Jerome Patterson also ran track with Best and told The Banner the two worked together at Amazon after their graduation. For a while Best seemed normal, with Patterson describing himself as Best’s “closest friend.”

“We both worked alongside each other, sitting and chatting every day. He came to me about everything. And everything was fine until randomly he started talking about being in control of people and reality, and how he could tap into a different frequency and hear and peep things that we couldn’t,” Patterson said.

Eventually, Patterson said, Best became convinced he was God, which led him to quit his job at Amazon.


The linked article also mentions that Nasire Best had had previous encounters with the Secret Service, so reports show that he did try on multiple occasions to get inside the White House grounds, but at the same time he was showing signs of mental illness.

ABC News leans heavily into the White House and DOJ's framing and leaves out crucial facts in the case.