(The Epoch Times)—President Donald Trump announced Thursday night that a National Guard member who was shot in Washington and hospitalized in critical condition has died.
“I heard that Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that we’re talking about, highly respected young, magnificent person, started service in June of 2023 outstanding in every way—she’s just passed away,” Trump said in a video posted to X.
“She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her. It’s just happened. She was savagely attacked. She is dead. She’s no longer with us,” Trump said.
Army Spc. Beckstrom, 20, began Guard service on June 26, 2023, and was assigned to the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade, West Virginia Army National Guard, according to a news release.
Trump called Beckstrom “an incredible person” and “outstanding.”
Beckstrom and another National Guard soldier were shot and critically wounded on Nov. 26 near the White House.
The other victim, Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in critical condition.
The suspected shooter has been identified as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national.
This is a breaking story, and will be updated.
