Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two National Guard members shot near the White House on Wednesday, has just died, President Donald Trump announced on Thursday evening.

“She’s just passed away. She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us right now,” Trump said, during his Thanksgiving address.

Why It Matters

West Virginia National Guard members Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were in Washington, D.C., since August as part of the federal surge in the nation's capital to tackle crime and immigration operations.

A suspect, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, of Washington state, allegedly drove across the country before shooting Beckstrom and Wolfe in an "ambush-style" attack using a .357 Smith & Wesson revolver before he was wounded and apprehended by responding tr

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