Well, we've got a reported identity of the man who pulled a revolver on Secret Service Saturday evening.
The now deceased gunman has been identified as Nasire Best, 21, a man known to Secret Service from previous incidents.
He also thought he was Jesus Christ.
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I guess we'll know more about his claims in three days ... but you can color me skeptical.
Here's the NYP with details:
A crazed gunman who believed he was Jesus Christ pulled out a revolver and opened fire outside the White House Saturday night, before he was quickly taken down by a barrage of shots 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 only got off a few shots before he was shot and killed in a hail of bullets from federal officers ...
While a motive for the attack hasn't been confirmed, sources said Best is a mentally troubled individual who was well-known to the Secret Service for repeatedly loitering around various entry posts and who has violated a previous court order to stay away from the White House.
Not very Christlike if you ask me.
Pulling a revolver on Secret Service in a desperate attempt to fight your way into the White House where President Trump is working seems to be a very bad plan.
Best, who was taken down by members of the Secret Service Uniformed Division, had previously been involuntarily committed on June 26 for obstructing vehicular traffic at 15th Street and E Street NW, before being arrested again on July 10 for Unlawful Entry.
In that incident, Best bypassed a restricted White House pedestrian control post by walking through an exit turnstile lane — and made crazed statements when D.C. police and Secret Service agents detained him.
'[Best] claimed he was Jesus Christ and that he wanted to get arrested,' court records of the incident said.
So a nut job with multiple arrests who was criminally insane and posed a serious threat to himself and others was allowed to stay out of jail until he was able to get his hands on a gun and attempt to kill who knows how many people.
Why am I not surprised?
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