WASHINGTON (AP) — Charges against the man accused of shooting two National Guard members have been upgraded to first-degree murder after one of the soldiers died, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia announced Friday.

Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, were hospitalized in critical condition after the Wednesday afternoon shooting. Both were deployed with the West Virginia National Guard to the nation’s capital as part of President Donald Trump’s crime-fighting mission . Trump announced Thursday evening that Beckstrom had died.

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