Two West Virginia National Guardsmen were shot near the White House Wednesday afternoon. They remain in critical condition and a suspect is now in custody.
Here is what the The Megyn Kelly Show has learned about the attack from a law enforcement source:
- Afghan National, born in 1996, armed with a revolver ambushed a female guardsman, shooting her in the head, and a male guardsman, shot multiple times. They never saw it coming. Both guardsmen were armed.
- A Major in the National Guard, who was unarmed and doing his spot checks of the guardsmen was in the block, heard the shots and turned to see the shooter who spotted him. He took cover behind a truck.
- The suspect came for the Major who pulled out his pocket knife, and bravely took on the suspect who was reloading his revolver.
- The Major began stabbing the suspect in the head.
- Another guardsman in the area who was armed, then drew his pistol and shot the suspect twice, once in the leg and once in the buttocks.
- The Major stated that when the suspect began shooting he heard him shout, “Allahu akbar!”
- There’s more: We are trying to confirm if the suspect, an Afghan national, was an interpreter brought over by Biden, because he has a Department of Defense record. Again, we are trying to confirm.
- The suspect has a home address in Washington State.
Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem confirmed the shooting in an X post just before 3pm local time Wednesday. “Please join me in praying for the two National Guardsmen who were just shot moments ago in Washington D.C.,” she wrote. “@DHSgov is working with local law enforcement to gather more information.”
The White House was placed on lockdown following the shooting, but President Donald Trump was not in Washington, D.C., at the time. He had already left for Mar-a-Lago in Florida ahead of the Thanksgiving holiday.
He reacted to the news on Truth Social. “The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen, with both being critically wounded, and now in two separate hospitals, is also severely wounded, but regardless, will pay a very steep price,” he wrote.
“God bless our Great National Guard, and all of our Military and Law Enforcement. These are truly Great People,” he added. “I, as President of the United States, and everyone associated with the Office of the Presidency, am with you!”