The armed man who exchanged fire with Secret Service officers near the White House on Saturday was killed, according to the federal law enforcement agency.

Anthony Guglielmi, the chief of communications for the agency, said Saturday that at shortly after 6 p.m. EDT, the man “pulled a weapon from his bag and began firing” in the area of 17th Street and Pennsylvania Avenue NW.

“Secret Service Police returned fire striking the suspect who was transported to an area hospital where he was pronounced deceased,” Guglielmi added. “During the shooting one bystander was also struck by gunfire. No injuries were sustained by officers.”

The gunman has been identified as 21-year-old Nasire Best, a figure who was known to Secret Service and had been observed near the White House before.

President Trump, who was in the White House during the incident but unimpacted, wrote Sunday on his Truth Social platform that the individual “had a violent history and possible obsession with our Country’s most cherished structure,” referring to the White House.

A law enforcement official also told Reuters that the suspect was emotionally disturbed and was previously issued a “stay-away” order.

FBI Director Kash Patel also wrote Saturday on social media that personnel from his agency were “on the scene and supporting Secret Service responding to shots fired near White House grounds.” Patel added that the FBI “will update the public as we’re able.”

Earlier this month, an armed individual exchanged fire with Secret Service officers near the Washington Monument on the National Mall. During that altercation, the suspect and a bystander were shot.

The office of Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, charged the suspect, 45-year-old Michael Marx, with assaulting federal officers with a dangerous weapon, using and discharging a firearm during a crime of violence, and unlawful possession of a firearm by a convicted felon.

Pirro’s office noted at the time that officers confronted the man along the path of Vice President Vance’s motorcade. The vice president was departing the White House.

That incident occurred just more than a week after a man exchanged gunfire with law enforcement officers at the hotel where the White House Correspondents’ Association dinner was taking place.

A federal grand jury indicted the suspect in that shooting, 31-year-old Cole Allen, on charges of attempting to assassinate Trump, who was at the event, and multiple firearms violations.

After that shooting and the latest incident, the president doubled down on the need for a ballroom at the White House — which is under construction.

“This event is one month removed from the White House [Correspondents’] Dinner shooting, and goes to show how important it is, for all future Presidents, to get, what will be, the most safe and secure space of its kind ever built in Washington, D.C,” Trump wrote Sunday. “The National Security of our Country demands it!”

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