DC Guardsman dies
Sarah Beckstrom
Multiple sources are reporting that West Virginia National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom, who was shot by an Afghan illegal immigrant in an apparent terrorist attack in DC yesterday, has died from her wounds.
Sarah Beckstrom, one of the West Virginia National Guard members shot in a cowardly ambush by an Afghan refugee Wednesday, has died.
President Trump announced the passing of the 20-year-old during a Thanksgiving evening call to half a dozen military units to mark the holiday.
“She’s just passed away. She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us right now,” a somber Trump told the service members. “Incredible person, outstanding in every single way, in every department. Just horrible.”
Beckstrom had been listed in critical condition after being shot in the chest and the head while standing guard in Washington, DC.
She was rushed into emergency surgery following the alleged terror attack, but her prognosis remained bleak.
Her father was certain Beckstrom would succumb to her wounds when reached by The New York Times on Thanksgiving Day.
“I’m holding her hand right now,” Gary Beckstrom said.
“She has a mortal wound. It’s not going to be a recovery.”
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro previously announced plans to pursue first-degree murder charges against suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, if one of the two National Guard troops he allegedly shot died from their wounds.
The suspect was taken down by a third National Guard member who used a pocket knife against him while a fourth opened fire.
Lakanwal, who was taken to the hospital, is already facing at least three counts of assault with intent to kill and criminal possession of a weapon. Those counts carry up to 15 years behind bars.
Attorney General Pam Bondi has declared that prosecutors will pursue the death penalty against Lakanwal.
“Devastated. Please pray for Sarah. Pray for her family,” Bondi posted on X after Beckstrom’s death. “America will never forget her courage. There WILL BE JUSTICE for Sarah. Continue to pray for Andrew. Thank you to President Trump — the death penalty is back.”
National Guardman Andrew Wolfe, 24, was also shot in the attack. Like Beckstrom, Wolfe was rushed into emergency surgery and is still hospitalized.
Wolfe is currently “fighting for his life,” Trump explained.
“Hopefully, we’ll get better news with respect to him,” he added. “And the monster that did this is also in serious condition, but we won’t even talk about him.”
The pair had been sworn in for their duties just 24 hours earlier, according to US Attorney Jeanine Pirro.
Beckstrom had volunteered to work the holiday shifts so that others could spend Thanksgiving at home, according to Bondi.
“She volunteered to be there on Thanksgiving — working today — she volunteered, as did many of those guardsmen and women, so other people could be home with their families,” Bondi said Thursday morning.
Lakanwal allegedly ambushed the two National Guard members just a few blocks from the White House. He had been lying in wait before opening fire with a .357 Smith and Wesson revolver.
He was shot by return fire from other guard members.
His motive is not yet clear, but authorities are probing it as a targeted terrorist attack.
According to Pirro, Lakanwal drove across the country to carry out horror, leaving his home in Bellingham, Washington, which he shares with his wife and five children.
Lakanwal was a member of the Afghan Army stationed in Kandahar, where he supported US Special Forces in the region.
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Illegal criminal invaders commit horrendous crimes. The democrat marxists see nothing wrong with this.
They like it. Bastards.
IMHO the D-rat marxists top echelons want to burn the USA to the ground just so they can rule over the ashes.
They think they will survive and prosper in the chaos.
Like their heroes Stalin and Mao and Maduro.
God will ensure they die, and not live.
Just came across this reddit thread about what Biden brought into the US…
https://www.reddit.com/r/AirForce/comments/1p8bbaf/comment/nr3vpoh/?utm_source=share&utm_medium=web3x&utm_name=web3xcss&utm_term=1&utm_content=share_button
Prayers sent for her, her family, and comrades in arms. Disgust and disdain for Joe Biden and his policies that allowed this sub-human piece of filth into our country. Prepare.
Praise the Lord and pass the ammunition. Amen
Spec. Sarah Beckstrom, Taps 27 Nov 2025. Washington DC
Rest in Peace. Valhalla awaits.
Peace be with your family soldier.
May God take you into his loving arms.
May the devil receive the soul of the man who murdered you and he suffers for eternity.
Amen.
Eternal Father strong to save……..
Bondi says they’ll pursue the death penalty — which is great. But he’ll lawyer up and linger on death row for decades to come, like Nidal Hassan. They should just make it 1-2-3 for these types, lead them to a public “Lincoln Conspirators” style gallows and release them gently to struggle in their neckties till they’re dead while everyone watches.
Scaphism ……on the National Mall…. in the reflecting pool.
The Jo’ Burg Necklace
Put him right in the middle of a stack of kerosene soaked tires
Bondi says a lot of things. Time to see if she is just talking the talk or is willing to walk the walk. Guilty? Walk the shit bum to the first solid wall to stand in front of and shoot the prick. No quarter.
That would be too kind. Unless he’s shot from the tippy tiptoes upwards a bit at a time. Granny is mad!
Naa, I say cut his nuts off but make him do it himself. He’s such a tough guy.
Neckties? I was thinking much lower.
Most of us here would volunteer to drop the trap under their feet.
Deckie, you know what, I agree, but I say, so what. Let the fucker rot in jail. Death is too easy. Oh, and cut his nut sack off too.
Her murderer just needs to be stripped of all clothing, hit in the knees with a ball peen hammer, then be set upon in an arena by hogs that haven’t eaten in a day or two.
Covered with bacon grease!
You always have such great ideas!
And cut his nut sack off!!!! Muhaaaa
Prayers for her and her family.
As for the moslems, deport them all.
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Can we charge mayorkass with aiding and abetting? Can we charge any of these ass hats with the same?
I mean, why not??? They didn’t have any qualms with charging Trump when they were back in power!
What pisses me off, is even if we could prosecute several of those on the left for causing this, no one would. It’s getting very annoying watching the dims do what they want and watching the Republicans bend the knee! Same animal, different spots.
I got a rope!
RIP, Soldier. I was reflecting on service this morning. Many of us like to think we’d have the resilience and seemingly unstoppable nature of a Benavidez or a Howard. For every man like them, there are hundreds who received honors posthumously, and many thousands whose sacrifice goes unrecognized and forgotten. As we age, we realize that our service might not have been glamorous or even memorable, but we did our duty to the best of our ability.
Then you have young women like SPC Beckstrom, with a full life ahead of her, who answered her nation’s and state’s call without the expectation she’d be attacked in our nation’s capital by a foreign national. She too did her duty, never having had the chance to rise through the ranks and receive the bells and whistles so many veterans take for granted.
It hits–different–knowing that this young Soldier’s death was not in combat–even in an unpopular war–or even in a training accident. Instead, she was doing a thankless job that has been politicized since its inception. I happen to agree with using the Guard to help reduce crime in DC, having worked in the District for over six years, but Beckstrom is going to be hailed by the Right as a martyr against illegal immigration and Islamic extremists while being dismissed by the Left as a pawn who died because of our President’s radical policies.
Your assessment is undoubtedly correct.
With regard to her colleague, I just discovered that he was shot in the head by this piece of garbage, as well. So, he deliberately shot both of them in the head after his first shot brought them down. With a fair judge and jury, he will never escape a death verdict and judgment. But with the trial in the District of Criminals, I fear the outcome of a trial.
Both Guardsmen had just volunteered to extend their stay in DC until the end of the year. Had they not done so both would have been home at the time of the attack.
There is little to no info regarding the survivor but there was a couple comments attributed to family members that he was responding to stimuli and starting to move on his own. That leads me to think that both had been shot in the head by the killer.
May perpetual light shine upon Spc Beckstrom. I also pray that Staff Sgt Wolf recovers to live a good life.
You are correct, both were shot in the head after he brought them down with his first shot at each of them.
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Pursue the death penalty…..
Should have been done immediately.
Chop off his head stick it on the WH fence.
Footage from the shooting:
https://x.com/AZ_Intel_/status/1994181694404903033?s=20
Thank you for your service and for giving the ultimate sacrifice to this great nation Soldier. You did your duty. Rest in Peace.