The suspect in the shooting Wednesday of two West Virginia National Guard members blocks from the White House is a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the US in 2021, the.<\/b>
\nThe suspect in the shooting Wednesday of two West Virginia National Guard members blocks from the White House is a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the US in 2021, the New York Times reports. FBI Director Kash Patel and Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said the Guard members, who had been deployed to the nation’s capital by President Trump, were hospitalized in critical condition, the AP reports. West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey initially said the troops had died, but later walked back the statement to say his office was \u00ab\u00a0receiving conflicting reports\u00a0\u00bb about their condition. The suspect, who was in custody, also was shot and had wounds that were not believed to be life-threatening, a law enforcement official told the AP.<\/p>\n