Video obtained by The Wall Street Journal provides the clearest visual account so far of the moment a gunman opened fire on National Guard personnel during a routine patrol in downtown Washington on Wednesday afternoon.
Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were hospitalized in critical condition after the shooting. President Donald Trump announced Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died, while West Virginia Republican Gov. Patrick Morrisey announced a Friday 2:15 p.m. ET prayer for Wolfe, who remains “very critical.”
Guard members, who are assigned to high-visibility patrols but do not perform law-enforcement functions, had been circulating through the area around Farragut Square when the shooting occurred Wednesday.
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