WASHINGTON, DC — Two National Guard members are in critical condition after they were shot in what officials described as a "targeted" ambush near the White House on Wednesday.

The victims, both members of the West Virginia National Guard, were "ambushed" by a lone gunman outside a subway station in the heart of the nation's capital, Jeffery Caroll, executive assistant chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, told reporters. Mayor Muriel Bowser called the attack a "targeted shooting."

The troops were part of a "high-visibility patrol" at around 2:15 p.m. ET near the corner of 17th and I streets, about two blocks from the White House, when the shooting occurred, officials said. The suspect, who was in custody, was also shot and subdued by other guard members nearby.

The motive

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