Law enforcement officials said that two National Guardsmen were targeted in a shooting around 2:15 p.m. today in Washington, D.C..
The victims are in critical condition, and the suspect has been captured and will be tried federally, FBI Director Kash Patel said in an afternoon news conference. Patel said the soldiers who were shot are still in critical condition.
Jeff Carroll, the executive police chief of the Metro Police Department, said that National Guard members were on patrol on 17th Street and I Street when someone came around a corner and shot two National Guard Members.
Washington, DC's mayor, Muriel Bowser, confirms this was a TARGETED ATTACK
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"This is a targeted shooting." pic.twitter.com/vtES2IzJKy
Jeffrey Carroll of the Metropolitan Police Department says that at approximately 2:15 a suspect "came around the corner, raised his arm with a firearm and discharged it at the National Guard members."
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Pray for the National Guard. pic.twitter.com/c8F5jErHl6
Kash Patel promises justice will be brought to the perpetrator who attacked two National Guardsmen in Washington DC today.
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"Make no mistake, they will be brought to justice." pic.twitter.com/N9f4awBm2t
🚨 BREAKING: DC Police just CONFIRMED the assailant AMBUSHED National Guard troops in DC, coming around a corner and opening fire on uniformed troops
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The suspect was then shot, and National Guard subdued the suspect until federal agents arrived
DEMOCRAT MUST STOP THEIR LIES, as… pic.twitter.com/LMgWvE6TCr
Secretary of War Pete Hegseth said that 500 more troops will provide backup to Washington, D.C.
🚨 SEC. HEGSETH: “President Trump has asked me...to add 500 additional troops to D.C.”
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Video captures the moments immediately after the National Guard shooting in DC, including the alleged suspect being apprehended. pic.twitter.com/Hsj5aCDUfd
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