National Guard troop shot near White House dies; second victim critical, Trump says

US president Donald Trump said connected Thursday that Sarah Beckstrom, 1 of the 2 National Guard soldiers changeable adjacent the White House a time earlier, had died of her injuries. The 2nd soldier, helium said, was “fighting for his life”. Trump called Beckstrom a “highly respected, young, magnificent person” and said helium learned of her decease conscionable earlier starting a Thanksgiving video telephone with US troops. He told them the different worker remained successful “very atrocious shape”.

The shooting took spot connected Wednesday day a fewer blocks from the White House, adjacent the intersection of 17th Street NW and I Street NW. The country includes the Eisenhower Executive Office Building, which is utilized by White House staff. Following the gunfire, the White House, the Main Treasury gathering and the Freedman’s Bank Building were placed nether lockdown, according to US media reports. In a statement, Trump said the attacker would look terrible consequences. “The carnal that changeable the 2 National Guardsmen is besides severely wounded, but regardless, volition wage a precise steep price,” helium said. “God bless our Great National Guard, and each of our Military and Law Enforcement. I americium with you.” Authorities person identified the accused arsenic 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan nationalist who entered the US successful 2021. He had antecedently worked with the CIA successful Afghanistan, according to reports.