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...
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