US EditionWest Virginia National Guard member killed in DC shooting is laid to rest
Sarah Beckstrom, a West Virginia National Guard member, was fatally shot during a patrol ambush near the White House; suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal faces murder charges.
- On Tuesday, Sarah Beckstrom, West Virginia National Guard member, was laid to rest with full military honors at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton.
- On Nov. 26, Sarah Beckstrom and a colleague were ambushed while patrolling a subway station three blocks from the White House; she served in the 863rd Military Police Company.
- An eight-page charging document shows the government's evidence and a narrative of the shooting, while a West Virginia National Guard major witnessed Rahmanullah Lakanwal scream `Allahu Akbar` and fire before reloading.
- Andrew Wolfe remains hospitalized in a Washington hospital, slowly healing and expected to need weeks of acute care, while prosecutors charged Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29-year-old Afghan national.
- A recent graduate, Beckstrom earned honors from Webster County High School in 2023 and joined the National Guard weeks later; family and friends described her funeral as deeply moving.
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Beckstrom buried Tuesday in Grafton after private funeral in Webster Springs
U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, who died from injuries she sustained in a shooting while on duty with the West Virginia National Guard in Washington, D.C., last month, was laid to rest with full military honors during a ceremony and interment Dec. 10, 2025, at the West Virginia National Cemetery in Grafton following a funeral in her hometown of Webster Springs, Webster County.
Community honors Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom and her impact on West Virginia
SUMMERSVILLE, WV (WVNS) - It has been nearly two weeks since two West Virginia National Guards were gunned down in D.C. Sarah Beckstrom will be privately laid to rest, but her memory will live on. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom was only 20 years old when she left this earth. Her fellow guardsman U.S. Air Force [...]
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West Virginia National Guard member killed in DC is shooting laid to rest
A private funeral has been held for a West Virginia National Guard member who was shot to death last month in the nation’s capital. Gov. Patrick Morrisey says Spc.
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