US EditionSuspect in custody after 2 National Guard members shot near the White House, police say
Two National Guard members were shot near the White House; the suspect is in custody and injured, while the motive and identities remain unknown.
- On Wednesday, two West Virginia National Guard members were shot and died near Farragut Square just before 2:30, and the Metropolitan Police Department secured 17th Street and I Street NW with one suspect in custody.
- Over recent months, officials deployed forces after more than 300 West Virginia National Guard members were sent to Washington in August, with about 160 recently extending their service, despite a federal judge's order last week to end the deployment paused for 21 days to allow an appeal.
- Nyla McGee said, 'We saw the National Guard specifically running toward this way and that's why we were kind of shocked because I've never seen National Guards running unless it's something serious'; paramedics performed CPR on one Guardsman, who was medevaced, while the suspect was taken to hospital by ambulance.
- Officials said the White House was briefed and agencies responded, noting President Donald Trump ordered 500 additional National Guard troops as Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport issued a ground stop and several embassies in D.C. locked down.
- Investigators say the motive is still unknown and early accounts indicate the shooter likely acted alone, with about 2,200 troops assigned to the joint task force in Washington, D.C., reigniting political and legal debate over Guard deployment.
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