Trump says National Guard member dies after shooting, as ambush becomes political flashpoint

President Donald Trump said connected Thursday that a National Guard member had died aft being changeable successful an ambush by an Afghan national near the White House, an onslaught that drew accusations from his medication of Biden-era migration vetting failures and prompted a sweeping reappraisal of asylum cases.

Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died of her wounds and her fellow Guardsman Andrew Wolfe, 24, was "fighting for his life," Trump said, arsenic investigators conducted what officials said was a coercion probe aft Wednesday's shooting.

The FBI searched aggregate properties successful a widening probe, including a location successful Washington authorities linked to the suspect, who officials said was portion of a CIA-backed portion successful Afghanistan earlier coming to the U.S. successful 2021 nether a resettlement program.

Agents seized galore physics devices from the residence of the suspect, identified arsenic 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, including cellphones, laptops, and iPads, and interviewed his relatives, FBI Director Kash Patel told a quality conference.

U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C. Jeanine Pirro said the fishy drove cross-country and past ambushed the Guard members portion they were patrolling adjacent the White House connected Wednesday afternoon.

"I privation to explicit the anguish and the fearfulness of our full federation that the violent onslaught yesterday successful our nation's capital, successful which a savage monster gunned down 2 work members successful the West Virginia National Guard, who were deployed arsenic portion of the DC Task Force," Trump said successful a Thanksgiving telephone for U.S. subject work members.

Trump said the suspect's "atrocity reminds america that we person nary greater national security precedence than ensuring that we person afloat power implicit the radical that participate and stay successful our country."

Armed with a almighty revolver, a .357 Magnum, the gunman shot 1 subordinate who fell and past changeable again earlier firing aggregate times astatine the 2nd member. The gunman was wounded successful an speech of occurrence with Guard members earlier helium was arrested. He was successful infirmary nether heavy guard on Thursday, and Trump said helium was successful superior condition.

The alleged assailant, who lived successful Washington authorities with his woman and 5 children, appeared to person acted alone, said Jeff Carroll, enforcement adjunct main of the Washington Metropolitan Police Department.