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US official walks back statement that National Guard members died
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National Guard patrol along the National Mall in front of the Capitol, November 26, 2025, in Washington. (AP Photo/Rahmat Gul)
The official who announced that two National Guard members shot near the White House had died of their injuries issues a new statement that he is no longer sure.
“We are now receiving conflicting reports about the condition of our two Guard members and will provide additional updates,” the governor of West Virginia, Patrick Morrisey, says on X.
Minutes earlier, Morrisey said the troops — deployed to Washington from his state — had both died.
President Donald Trump, whose policy of sending armed troops to support crime fighting in cities run by Democrats is deeply controversial, said in a statement that the two soldiers had been “critically wounded.”
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