Two West Virginia National Guard members shot in DC have died, the state’s governor says

By ALANNA DURKIN RICHER and GARY FIELDS Associated Press WASHINGTON AP Two West Virginia National Guard members shot Wednesday near the White House have died the state s governor commented Governor Patrick Morrisey certified their deaths in a social media post Related Articles Foreign visitors will have to pay surcharge to get into Rocky Mountain National Park Trump administration says Layoffs are piling up raising worker anxiety Here are various companies that have cut jobs just now The present day in History November President Nixon s secretary says she caused Watergate tape gap Campbell s IT chief on leave after lawsuit proposes he announced company s food is for poor people FBI seeks interviews with Colorado Rep Jason Crow other Democrats who urged U S troops to defy illegal orders We are in ongoing contact with federal leaders as the scrutiny continues he disclosed A suspect who was in custody also was shot and has injuries that are not maintained to be life-threatening according to a law enforcement official not authorized to discuss the matter publicly and who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity One National Guard member was shot in the head according to a person familiar with the details of the circumstance who spoke to AP on condition of anonymity The shooting happened at the corner of th and H Streets in the northwest quadrant of the city roughly two blocks northwest of the White House Emergency healthcare responders transported all three casualties to a hospital according to Vito Maggiolo the community information officer for the DC Fire and Crisis Services The Joint DC Task Force endorsed they responded to the case after reports of the shooting The Metropolitan Police Department also explained they were on-scene Police tape cordoned off the scene where emergency fire and police vehicles lights flashed and helicopter blades thudded overhead Agents from the U S Secret Amenity and the Bureau of Alcohol Tobacco Firearms and Explosives were on scene as National Guard troops stood sentry nearby At least one helicopter landed on the National Mall Emergency vehicles gather at a cordoned off area where National Guard soldiers appear to have been shot near the White House Wednesday Nov in Washington AP Photo Mark Schiefelbein Crisis personnel cordon off an area near where National Guard soldiers appear to have been shot near the White House Wednesday Nov in Washington AP Photo Mark Schiefelbein An unidentified man in military fatigues lies on a stretcher inside an ambulance November in downtown Washington DC Two National Guard soldiers were shot a inadequate blocks from the White House according to law enforcement Photo by Drew ANGERER AFP via Getty Images A member of the U S Secret Arrangement secures the area near a shooting near the White House on November in Washington DC At least two uniformed military personnel appearing to be National Guardsmen have been shot blocks from the White House Photo by Win McNamee Getty Images Urgency personnel gather near where National Guard soldiers appear to have been shot near the White House Wednesday Nov in Washington AP Photo Mark Schiefelbein National Guard soldiers stand behind the crime scene tape at a corner in downtown Washington DC on November Two National Guard soldiers were shot a insufficient blocks from the White House according to law enforcement Photo by Drew ANGERER AFP via Getty Images National Guard patrol along the National Mall in front of the Capitol Wednesday Nov in Washington AP Photo Rahmat Gul Show Caption of Exigency vehicles gather at a cordoned off area where National Guard soldiers appear to have been shot near the White House Wednesday Nov in Washington AP Photo Mark Schiefelbein Expand President Donald Trump who is in Florida celebrating Thanksgiving warned in a comment on social media that the animal who shot the guardsmen will pay a very steep price God bless our Great National Guard and all of our Military and Law Enforcement These are truly Great People Trump wrote on Truth Social I as President of the United States and everyone associated with the Office of the Presidency am with you The presence of the National Guard in the nation s capital has been a flashpoint issue for months fueling a court fight and a broader society approach debate about the Trump administration s use of the military to combat what bureaucrats cast as an out-of-control crime issue Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer wrote on social media that he was closely monitoring the shooting and that his heart breaks for the casualties of this horrific shooting A spokesperson for Mayor Muriel Bowser noted that local leaders were actively monitoring the situation Bowser had spent the morning at a Thanksgiving event at the Convention Center and then held a press conference to explain why she was not seeking reelection Trump issued an crisis order in August that federalized the local police force and sent in National Guard troops from eight states and the District of Columbia The order expired a month later but the troops remained The soldiers have patrolled neighborhoods train stations and other locations participated in highway checkpoints and also have been assigned to trash pickup and to guard sports events Last week a federal judge ordered an end to the deployment but also put her order on hold for days to allow the Trump administration time to either remove the troops or appeal the decision Associated Press reporters Konstantin Toropin Seung Min Kim Safiyah Riddle Matt Brown Mike Balsamo Eric Tucker and Jesse Bedayn contributed