WASHINGTON -- Two National Guard members from West Virginia remain in critical condition after being shot in downtown Washington, D.C., near the White House on Wednesday, according to officials.

"Unfortunately, today, as most families join together to give thanks for the blessings that have been bestowed upon them, two families are shattered and destroyed and torn apart as a result of the actions of one man," Jeanine Pirro, U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, said on Thursday.

The victims were identified as 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom, of Webster Springs, West Virginia, and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, officials announced on Thursday. They were sworn in just 24 hours before the shooting, officials said.

The National Guard members shot in DC have be

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