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Two members of the National Guard have been shot near the White House in Washington and are “critically wounded”, President Donald Trump said in a Truth Social post on Wednesday.
“The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen, with both being critically wounded, and now in two separate hospitals, is also severely wounded, but regardless, will pay a very steep price,” Trump wrote from his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida.
Trump deployed troops from the National Guard to Washington in August in a controversial move to use the US military on domestic soil to crack down on crime and civil unrest. The Pentagon said it was aware of the reports of the incident.
Kristi Noem, the secretary of homeland security, said: “Please join me in praying for the two National Guardsmen who were just shot moments ago in Washington D.C.”
The Department of Homeland Security “is working with local law enforcement to gather more information”, she added in a social media post.
Washington’s police department in a social media post said that a suspect was in custody and that the scene had been secured. The shootings occurred near the Farragut West metro station, two blocks from the White House in the downtown area of the US capital. More than two dozen emergency vehicles converged on the scene shortly after the incident.
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