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Troops and first responders lined up outside a D.C. hospital on Thanksgiving night to honor National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who died after an ambush shooting blocks from the White House a day earlier. “They put their lives on the line for people they don’t even know,” U.S. Attorney for D.C. Jeanine Pirro said. News4’s Joseph Olmo reports.

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Two National Guard members, a woman and a man in their 20s, had surgery after they were shot in an ambush blocks from the White House in Washington, D.C.

The sole suspect also was shot and taken into custody shortly after the shooting. He was identified as an Afghan national who served alongside U.S. troops in Afghanistan.

Officials say it's too early to determine a motive for the shooting. The suspect face

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