The condition of two West Virginia national guard members shot on Wednesday near the White House in Washington is unclear after the state governor received “conflicting reports” and Donald Trump said they were critically wounded.

The incident happened near the Farragut West metro station and comes amid a controversial deployment of troops to the US capital city ordered by the Trump administration . While Patrick Morrisey, West Virginia’s governor, had said both soldiers were killed in the shooting, he later posted an update clarifying that more information was needed.

“We are now receiving conflicting reports about the condition of our two Guard members and will provide additional updates once we receive more complete information,” wrote Morrisey on X, minutes after first posting that

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