Trump Announces Death of 20-Year-Old National Guardsman Killed by Suspected Afghan in D.C. Shooting

Charlie Nash Nov 27th, 2025, 7:43 pm

President Donald Trump announced the death of 20-year-old National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom on Thursday evening, one day after she was shot in Washington, D.C. by a suspected Afghan national.

“I must unfortunately tell you that just seconds before I went on, right now, I heard that Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the Guardsmen that we are talking about, highly respected, young, magnificent person, started service in June of 2023, outstanding in every way, she’s just passed away,” announced Trump. “She’s no longer with us.”

He continued, “She’s looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her. This just happened. She was savagely

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