2 National Guard members shot in DC
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The guardsmen from West Virginia were shot just north of the White House shortly before 3 p.m. Wednesday. The identity and motive of the suspected shooter remains unclear. Trump had deployed the National Guard to D.C. in August to crack down on crime. The move was controversial and angered some residents.
Donald Trump condemned the shooting of two National Guardsmen in Washington D.C., as a “heinous assault” and a “crime against humanity” in a late-night address to the nation Wednesday.
President Donald Trump asked for 500 additional National Guard members to be deployment in Washington, D.C., after two members were shot and critically injured just blocks from the White House Wednesday afternoon,