New York authorities say they are monitoring the situation developing in Washington, DC, on Wednesday after two members of the National Guard were shot dead in the nation's capitol.

According to a report by AP News, the afternoon shooting unfolded near the corner of 17th and H Streets and left two servicemen mortally wounded; one had been shot to the head.

The gunman, whose motive remains unknown, was also wounded but is expected to survive, and is now in custody.

President Trump, who is currently out of state in Florida, promised that the government will “pay a steep price.” The White House and other institutions around Washington went into lockdown shortly after the shooting happened.

“The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen, with both being critically wounded, and now in two

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