Tributes are pouring in for Sarah Beckstrom, the 20-year-old West Virginia National Guard member who died on Thanksgiving after succumbing to the injuries she obtained as a deployed service member in D.C. the day before. Beckstrom’s colleague, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, who was also shot near the White House in what officials have called a “targeted” attack, remains in critical condition in hospital after undergoing surgery.

President Donald Trump announced Beckstrom’s death during a call with service members. “She’s just passed away,” he said of Specialist Beckstrom, who enlisted in the West Virginia National Guard in June 2023. “She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us right now.”

Trump went on to say he had spoken to Beckstrom’s parents, relaying that her family is “devas

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