Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two National Guard members shot in Washington on Wednesday, has died, U.S. President Donald Trump said on Thursday (November 27, 2025).

“Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that we’re talking about, highly respected, young, magnificent person … She’s just passed away. She’s no longer with us,” Mr. Trump said.

“The other young man, is fighting for his life. He’s in very bad shape,” Mr. Trump said as he addressed the troops.

Mr. Trump also said that the shooter also is in serious condition.

U.S. President Donald Trump decried on Wednesday’s shooting of two National Guard soldiers blocks from the White House as an “act of terror” and said the perpetrator was a migrant from Afghanistan.

President Donald Trump on Wednesday (November 27, 2025) called for his government to re-examine Afghan immigrants who entered the United States during the former President Joe Biden’s administration.

“This heinous assault was an act of evil, an act of hatred and an act of terror,” Mr. Trump said, as he vowed to have his administration “reexamine every single alien who has entered our country from Afghanistan” during his predecessor Joe Biden’s presidency.

President Donald Trump said that an Afghan man who fled the Taliban was the suspect in the shooting of two National Guard soldiers near the White House.

The suspect, who has been living in Washington state, has been identified by law enforcement officials as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, but authorities were still working to fully confirm his background, two law enforcement officials and a person familiar with the matter said. The people could not discuss details of an ongoing investigation and spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity.