NBC News correspondent Julie Tsirkin became the focus of widespread online discussion after her reaction during a shooting incident outside the White House was captured live on camera. The footage, recorded on 23 May while reporters were preparing broadcasts on the North Lawn, quickly spread across TikTok, X and Threads after viewers compared how different journalists reacted as gunfire erupted nearby.
Authorities later confirmed that 21-year-old Nasire Best approached a Secret Service checkpoint outside the White House and opened fire, injuring a bystander before being shot dead by Secret Service agents. President Donald Trump was inside the White House at the time and was not injured during the incident.
