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The suspect, identified as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was shot moments after the attack and was hospitalized in serious condition.
Two West Virginia National Guard members shot near White House identified as Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe. Both were sworn in just 24 hours earlier.
President Donald Trump took a swipe at Illinois Gov. JB Pritzker, during the Thanksgiving turkey pardon at the White House on Tuesday, blasting Pritzker's resistance to using the National Guard to quell Chicago crime.
Authorities said that the National Guard members injured in the shooting were part of a "high-visibility patrol" near the White House.
Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said the suspected gunman in the shooting of two National Guard members will be charged with first-degree murder after the death of a guardsman.