Two U.S. National Guard soldiers in critical condition after ‘targeted’ shooting near White House, suspect arrested

Two National Guard members on patrol just blocks from the White House were shot and critically wounded on Wednesday afternoon, prompting a rapid law enforcement and military response across a busy stretch of downtown Washington.

A gunman was taken into custody after another Guardsmen returned fire and moved in to stop him, officials said.

The patrol had been rounding a corner near Farragut Square when the attacker opened fire, striking both soldiers in the initial exchange. The Guard members, a woman and a man assigned to a high-visibility deployment ordered by President Donald Trump, had little time to react before colleagues intervened. ---More...

BREAKING: President Trump says the suspect who shot the two National Guardsmen in Washington D.C. is severely wounded and "will pay a very steep price."

"The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen, with both being critically wounded, and now in two separate hospitals, is… pic.twitter.com/t5BGa0lQOg

— Collin Rugg (@CollinRugg)November 26, 2025

"If you have this dangerous rhetoric from the Seditious Six, it puts a bullseye on the back of the national guardsmen. I hope to God that isn't what happened here" pic.twitter.com/cxyfXbnxY5

— Jack Posobiec (@JackPosobiec)November 26, 2025

"If you have this dangerous rhetoric from the Seditious Six, it puts a bullseye on the back of the national guardsmen. I hope to God that isn't what happened here"