COLUMBIA, S.C. (WIS) - South Carolina Gov. Henry McMaster provided more details Monday on his decision to send members of the state’s National Guard back to the nation’s capital.

McMaster said that the state would be sending between 200-300 National Guard members after a shooting that killed one National Guard soldier and injured another in Washington, D.C.

The governor told reporters that his order came after a request from the U.S. Secretary of the Army.

“The request was open-ended,” he said. “We didn’t know when we would be asked again, but we were asked again. And so we’re happy to do it. It’s important.”

McMaster was also asked whether the shooting prompted more talks about South Carolina National Guard members going back to Washington.

“We know it’s always dangerous. In these

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