Two national guard members were shot on Wednesday in Washington DC , and one of them has succumbed to their injuries. Here’s what we know so far:
At 2.15pm on Wednesday, a man is alleged to have launched what Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, has called an “ambush-style” gun attack two blocks north-west of the White House on two members of the West Virginia national guard.
The guard members were named as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, both newly sworn-in.
Sarah Beckstrom, one of the National Guard members, died on Thursday evening, Donald Trump and the West Virginia governor announced. Her father said earlier that she had a “mortal wound.”
The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was shot at the scene by a third guard member and is being treated in hospital after being arrested. His wounds are not believed to be life-threatening.
