People walk past a small memorial in a planter on Friday, November 28, near the site where two National Guard members were shot in Washington, DC. Mark Schiefelbein/AP Washington —

Fasil Regassa wipes away tears when he talks about Sarah Beckstrom , the 20-year-old National Guard member who was shot Wednesday just a few feet away from his store.

“I cried when I heard she died,” Regassa told CNN.

For nine years, Regassa and his wife, immigrants from Ethiopia, have managed a 7-Eleven convenience store just across the street from the shooting scene . When the shooting started, Regassa said, he locked the front doors of his store and rushed the three or four customers inside to a back area for safety.

In the bustling downtown area of Washington, DC, blocks away from the White

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