Two West Virginia national guard members shot on Wednesday near the White House in Washington are in critical condition.

The incident happened near the Farragut West metro station and comes amid a controversial deployment of troops to the US capital city ordered by the Trump administration . FBI director Kash Patel, Washington mayor Muriel Bowser, and other officials confirmed in a press conference that both the guardsmen are in hospital in critical condition.

“What we know is that this is a targeted shooting,” Bowser said. “One individual appeared to have targeted these guardsmen,” she said.

Washington’s Metropolitan police department (MPD) wrote on social media shortly before 3pm local time that one suspect was in custody. Jeffery Carroll, an executive assistant chief at the MPD, to

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