2 National Guardsmen critically wounded in shooting near White House
Two West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot and critically injured near the White House in what officials say was an ambush by a lone gunman.
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Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the U.S. capital have been shot blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor characterized as a targeted attack. The FBI director and Washington's mayor say the guard members were hospitalized Wednesday in critical condition. A suspect who was in custody also was shot and had wounds that were not believed to be life-threatening. Officials say the 29-year-old is an Afghan national who entered the U.S. in 2021 through Operation Allies Welcome. That was a Biden administration program to evacuate and resettle tens of thousands of Afghans after the U.S. withdrawal from the country.
