The suspect is in custody, police have said US law enforcement respond to a shooting near the White House in Washington, DC. November 26, 2025. © Getty Images / Win McNamee Two US National Guard members were fatally shot just block from the White House in Washington, DC, on Wednesday. Police said that the crime scene has been secured, and the suspect is in custody. According to CNN, the guardsmen exchanged gunfire with the suspected shooter before they were fatally shot. President Donald Trump has condemned the shooting on Truth Social. “The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen, with both being critically wounded, and now in two separate hospitals, is also severely wounded, but regardless, will pay a very steep price,” he said in a statement. Trump deployed the National Guard in Washington, DC, and other US cities earlier this year in what he called a crackdown on rampant crime in Democrat-run cities. The move has been condemned by his critics as blatant overreach. Last month, ‘No Kings’ protests were held in several cities, including the capital, in opposition to the National Guard deployments and Trump’s crackdown on illegal immigration. A White House official confirmed to the media that the White House is on lockdown. Trump is currently in Florida, where he is spending Thanksgiving at his Mar-a-Lago estate.
