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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Isabel Keane

Fallen National Guard member had wept after being assigned to DC in Trump’s crime crackdown but grew to enjoy city, ex says

The National Guard member who was fatally shot in D.C. had wept over the thought of being deployed to the nation’s capital amidst President Trump’s so-called crackdown on crime, her ex-boyfriend said.

U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, was not excited when she learned she was called to Washington, D.C., as part of Trump’s efforts to make the city “crime-free,” her boyfriend at the time, Adam Carr, told NBC 4 Washington.

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