US EditionTrump says one of National Guard members shot in Washington DC has died
Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died after an ambush-style attack by Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who drove cross-country; one victim died and another remains in critical condition.
- Thursday, President Donald Trump announced that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of the West Virginia National Guard, died from wounds sustained in the shooting near the White House.
- Video reviewed by investigators showed an ambush-style shooting near Farragut Square on Wednesday, and authorities arrested Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national, investigators say.
- Armed with a.357 Magnum, the suspect shot one Guard member and fired multiple times at the second; both Beckstrom and Wolfe had been sworn in less than 24 hours before the high-visibility patrol near 17th and I streets.
- Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said Trump asked to add 500 Guard members after the shooting, and federal prosecutors filed charges including three counts of assault with intent to kill while armed.
- The attack has prompted scrutiny of immigration vetting and asylum cases, with officials saying investigators treat it as terrorism and the FBI seizing devices linked to Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who resettled in 2021.
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President Donald Trump announced that one of the two members of the National Guard shot in Washington, D.C. on November 26th has died. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, succumbed to her injuries, while 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe remains in critical condition. The two soldiers were shot at close range near Farragut Square on Wednesday afternoon. Police arrested the suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who arrived in the U.S. in 2021. Th…
US National Guard soldier Sarah Beckstrom dies from her wounds after Washington DC shooting
US National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of West Virginia, died on Thursday evening from injuries sustained in an ambush-style shooting near the White House on Wednesday, President Donald Trump announced.
US President Donald Trump announced on Thursday the death of Private Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of the West Virginia National Guard, from injuries sustained in a shooting two days earlier near the White House, while Private Andrew Wolf, 24, remains in critical condition.
It is "Sarah Beckstrom, a young, beautiful and highly respected person who began his service in June 2023," said the president. The other wounded soldier "is struggling for his life"
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