The National Guard member who was fatally shot in D.C. initially hated the idea of being deployed to the nation's capitol, but later had a change of heart and grew to enjoy the assignment, her former boyfriend said.

West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, joined the guard in June of 2023 to prepare for a future in federal law enforcement.

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But when she got the call to come to D.C. as part of President Donald Trump's crackdown on crime, her boyfriend at the time, Adam Carr, said she was not excited to go.

"She hated it. She was crying before she left, didn't want to go and then she volunteered for longer. She really, really grew fond of being down there. Just volunteered for more time," he said.

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