Two National Guard members shot near White House – official

One suspect is in custody and the scene has been secured, the Metropolitan Police Department has announced

Two US National Guardsmen have been shot in Washington, DC, Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said on X on Wednesday. The shooting reportedly took place just blocks from the White House.

DC police confirmed that a shooting took place just blocks from the White House.

“The scene is secured. One suspect is in custody,” the police said in a follow up message on X.

They called on people to avoid the area.

President Donald Trump has condemned the shooting 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 said in a statement.

Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, and other US cities earlier this year in what he called a crackdown on rampant crime in Democrat-run cities.

The move has been condemned by his critics as blatant overreach. Last month, ‘No Kings’ protests were held in several cities, including the capital, in opposition to the National Guard deployments and Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration.

A White House official confirmed to the media that the White House is on lockdown. Trump is currently in Florida, where he is spending Thanksgiving at his Mar-a-Lago estate.

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