WASHINGTON — DC residents are getting ready for more National Guard in DC.

President Donald Trump made the announcement just hours after 24-year-old Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe and 20-year-old Specialist Sarah Beckstrom were ambushed and shot Wednesday afternoon in Downtown DC.

The announcement extends an already three-month-long deployment where more than 2,200 National Guard members from several different states were brought into DC.

On Thanksgiving night, Beckstrom died from her injuries.

Now troops may be temporarily paired with MPD officers, according to The Washington Post.

MPD sources tell WUSA9 they're still working out the logistics with no clear plan just yet.

When asked, the President says the District needs more troops.

“This was done because the National Guard has been

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