One of the national guards shot in a targeted attack in Washington DC has died, officials have confirmed. Trump has said the female member, identified earlier as Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died from her injuries, Sky News reports.

Andrew Wolfe, 24, the second National Guard member, remains in critical condition. Trump announced Sarah's death on a Thanksgiving call with US service members on Thursday evening (November 27).

He said: "Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that we're talking about, highly respected, young, magnificent person.

"She's just passed away. She's no longer with us... She was savagely attacked. She's dead."

Gary Beckstrom, Sarah's father, told the New York Times earlier on Thursday: “She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery. I’m ho

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