2 national guard soldiers shot near White House, suspect in custody
Two US national guard soldiers were shot Wednesday near the White House, officials said, and police said a suspect was detained in an extraordinary security drama likely to fuel controversy over President Donald Trump’s crime crackdown.
Initial reports were that the two soldiers – part of a militarised anti-crime deployment around the US ordered by Trump – had been badly wounded.
West Virginia governor Patrick Morrisey said the soldiers, both deployed to the capital from his state, had “passed away from their injuries,” but then said there were “conflicting reports.”
It was the most serious incident involving the national guard since Trump began ordering troops onto the streets of several Democratic-run cities shortly after starting his second term this January.
The Republican, who was at his Florida golf club, described the shooter…
