A National Guardsman deployed in Washington, DC, was shot and injured last night near Capitol Hill.
Multiple guardsmen attempted to intervene in a fight when one man fired at them.
Interim D.C. police chief Jeffrey Carroll confirmed that one National Guardsman was shot, and they returned fire at the suspect.
Both were treated at a local hospital with non-life-threatening injuries.T
Two National Guard members were shot near the White House the day before Thanksgiving last year in an ambush attack by an Afghan national.
Both were rushed to the hospital, and 20-year-old Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom tragically succumbed to her injuries on Thanksgiving Day.
President Trump deployed the National Guard to Washington, DC, to crack down on crime in the capital after declaring a crime emergency.
Prior to the declaration, 19-year-old Department of Government Efficiency employee Edward Coristine, AKA “Big Balls,” was severely beaten by a pack of thugs in DC after he tried to intervene in a carjacking.
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