20-yr-old female WV Guardsman has died [View all]

[AverageOldGuy]

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Source: Washington Post

One of the two National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House complex has died, President Donald Trump said Thursday.

The victim, Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, was a 20-year-old from West Virginia. The second critically wounded National Guard member, Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is still fighting for his life, Trump said.

Read more: https://www.washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/11/27/dc-shooting-national-guard-suspect-live-updates/

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Let's pause for a few days to honor two young people -- one dead, one still fighting for his life. Having spent a lot of time in WV, I suspect both these young people joined the Guard to supplement their incomes because they needed the money. I don't doubt they both were/are exemplary young soldiers. I served 28 years in the Army. In a place called Vietnam, I put young people just like these in body bags.

So let's pause for a few days to honor them, to pray for their families.

Then -- let's unload on the man who bears full responsibility for their death and wounds (and they were NOT killed by an Afghan refugee, he just pulled the trigger).