‘Mortal Wound’: Dad of National Guard Member Says She Will Not Recover

National Guard Member Sarah Beckstrom’s Dad Says She Will Not Recover From ‘Mortal Wound’

Sean James Nov 27th, 2025, 2:29 pm

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The father of 20-year-old National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom told on Thursday his daughter is not expected to recover from the “mortal wound” she suffered a day earlier, when an Afghan migrant shot her and another troop in Washington, D.C.

“I’m holding her hand right now,” Gary Beckstrom told The Times when reached by phone. “She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.”

He declined to speak further, the said.

Beckstrom was identified alongside fellow Guardsman Andrew Wolfe , 24, as the two victims of Wednesday’s heinous attack. She is a native of Summersville, West Virginia, and has been serving the country