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A National Guard member remains in critical condition at a D.C. hospital on Friday after a gunman shot him and a fellow guard member in an ambush in downtown D.C. on Wednesday , authorities say. Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died on Thanksgiving at age 20.

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Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, is “fighting for his life,” President Donald Trump said on a Thanksgiving call with U.S. troops. He announced that Beckstrom had died of her injuries.

“She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us right now. Her parents are with her,” Trump said.

The mood was somber outside MedStar Washington Hospital Center early Friday, News4 video shows.

The president called Beckstrom an “incredible person, outstanding in every singl

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