Trump requests 500 more National Guard troops to DC after shooting
President Trump ordered 500 more National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., raising total deployment to over 2,700 after two Guardsmen were critically wounded in a targeted attack.
- On Wednesday, President Donald Trump asked Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth to send 500 additional National Guard troops to Washington, D.C., after two West Virginia Guardsmen were shot nearby.
- The shooting occurred roughly two blocks northwest of the White House, wounding two West Virginia National Guard members who were hospitalized in critical condition as investigators probe the gunman's motive.
- Law enforcement said surveillance video shows the suspect approaching the soldiers and drawing a gun, at least one soldier exchanged fire, and emergency medical responders took three people to a hospital.
- The 500 reinforcements will swell the force to roughly 2,200 troops in D.C. as of Sunday morning, adding to the 2,188 troops in the joint task force operating in the city.
- In August, President Donald Trump issued an emergency order that federalized local police and sent 500 National Guard troops from eight states; a federal judge delayed enforcement for 21 days.
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Conor McGregor Pays Emotional Tribute to National Guards Killed in Washington Shooting
Conor McGregor has paid tribute to the West Virginia National Guard members shot near the White House on Wednesday, reacting to the developing situation with a message of sympathy and grief. The former UFC champion took to X shortly after national news outlets reported that two deployed Guardsmen were attacked in what authorities have described as a targeted shooting in Washington, D.C. McGregor wrote, “Terrible news coming from Washington this …
The US president described the attack as "terrorist", called the perpetrator a "foreign national from Afghanistan" and announced the mobilization of 500 soldiers to protect the capital.
Washington, Nov 26 (EFE).- Officials, senators and Washington residents have expressed their rejection and surprise at the armed attack on two members of the National Guard this Wednesday at a subway station in the U.S. capital. “Violence against our uniformed men and women is disgusting,” Florida Republican Senator Rick Scott wrote in his official X account, following the attack that left two military personnel seriously injured. Other politica…
A man opened fire on two national guards near the White House. Donald Trump denounces the act of an "animal" and will mobilize an additional 500 soldiers.
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