One of the National Guard members shot in Washington DC on Wednesday has died from her injuries, Donald Trump has said.
The president said 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom had “just passed away” and called her a “highly respected” and “magnificent person”.
The other person who was shot, Andrew Wolfe, 24, is in a critical condition. The pair were ambushed while patrolling near the White House.
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Sarah Beckstrom. Pic: Reuters
The suspected gunman, Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, is in a serious condition, Mr Trump added.
He drove thousands of miles from his home in Washington state to carry out the attack with a powerful Magnum revolver, according to US attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Lakanwal is said to have worked in a CIA-backed Afghan army unit in his home country before coming to the US under a resettlement programme in 2021.
His asylum application was passed this year.
Investigators are treating the attack as terrorism and searched multiple properties on Thursday, including one linked to Lankanwal in Washington state, where the FBI seized electronic devices and interviewed his family.
Ms Beckstrom, from West Virginia, had been deployed as part of the president’s plan to clamp down on what he says are high levels of crime in some US cities.
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