The shooting near the White House on Wednesday has sent shockwaves across the United States.
The young victims, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, were gunned down in what the FBI is now investigating as a suspected act of terrorism.
Late Thursday night, Donald Trump announced that the young woman has died.
Struck in the head
On Wednesday afternoon, chaos erupted just two blocks from the White House when a gunman opened fire near the Farragut metro station in Washington, D.C.
National Guardsmen Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, were on patrol when the shooting began. Both were critically injured.
Beckstrom was struck in the head and chest by a .357 Magnum revolver around 2 p.m., authorities said, after 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly opened fire. Wolfe was also shot—hit with Beckstrom’s own weapon — before another nearby Guardsman managed to fight back, using only a pocket knife until a fourth service member shot the attacker in the buttocks and leg, stopping him.
During a Thursday press conference, D.C. U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro shared that the two Guardsmen “were sworn in less than 24 hours before they were shot on the street in Washington.”
Both were rushed to the hospital in critical condition.
Specialist Beckstrom’s father, Gary Beckstrom, broke the devastating news to The New York Times, saying: “She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.”
