UNITED STATES.— This Wednesday two National Guard agents died in a shooting near the White House, in which a person was detained in critical condition.
“It is with great sadness that we can confirm that both West Virginia National Guard officers shot today in Washington DC They have died from their injuries“, advertisement Patrick Morriseygovernor of West Virginia, state of the victims.
The shots occurred on the corner of 17th Street and I Street, in northwest Washington, a few steps from the presidential residence.
Law enforcement responded quickly and ordered the passersby that they will take refuge in nearby buildings.
Gunman arrested in shooting near White House
The local police announced shortly after that they arrested the attacker and that the area was cordoned off.
The two agents and the attacker were transferred to hospitalsannounced the president of the United States, Donald Trump, who is in his mansion in Mar-a-Lagoin Florida, by the bridge Thanksgiving.
“He animal who shot the two national guardsmen, both seriously injured and now in separate hospitals, He is also seriously injuredbut, despite everything, will pay a very high price“Trump declared on his Truth Social network before the victims died.
According to witnesses at the crime scene, two shots were heard and people began to run.
“We saw how They were carrying two stretchers in an ambulance. In one of them there was a man in military clothing, I hope he is okay,” he said. Mohammed El-Katabia man from Atlanta who is in Washington visiting a friend.
“When the ambulances left, helicopters began to fly over and there were many police officers,” he added.
Trump orders military deployment in Washington
Last August, by order of Donald Trump, they deployed the National guard with the argument of combating crime in the city, one of the most violent in the country.
Initially, the capital’s mayor, the Democrat Muriel Bowseropposed the deployment, arguing that local police had achieved a decrease in homicides, but Trump later praised the local government, saying that they decided to cooperate with federal forces.
A federal judge ruled last week that the deployment of National Guard troops in the capital is illegal and that the Government must withdraw them by December 11.
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