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President Donald Trump said Thursday that U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, one of the National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, has died.

"Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that we're talking about, highly respected, young, magnificent person, started service in June of 2023 outstanding in every way. She's just passed away," Trump said in a Thanksgiving call to service members.

Video above: Lawmakers react after 2 National Guard members shot in Washington, D.C.

Beckstrom and US Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe were called to the nation's capital in August as National Guard troops from multiple states responded to Trump's surge of federal law enforcement in the area.

Hoping others could spend Thanksgiving home, Beckstrom had volunteered

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