{"id":492627,"date":"2025-11-26T19:45:35","date_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:45:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.net\/en\/uncategorized\/everything-known-about-the-shooting-near-the-white-house\/"},"modified":"2025-11-26T19:45:35","modified_gmt":"2025-11-26T23:45:35","slug":"everything-known-about-the-shooting-near-the-white-house","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/deultimominuto.com\/en\/international\/everything-known-about-the-shooting-near-the-white-house\/","title":{"rendered":"Everything known about the shooting near the White House"},"content":{"rendered":"U.S. authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred this Wednesday near the White House in Washington D.C., where two members of the National Guard were seriously injured.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happened?<\/h3>\n\n\nThe shooting&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/574661-2-militares-tiroteados-cerca-casa\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">occurred<\/a>&nbsp;in downtown Washington D.C., in front of the entrance to the Farragut West metro station, now guarded by Metropolitan Police officers. The officers were conducting &#8220;high-visibility patrols&#8221; when the suspect appeared, who&nbsp;<strong>&#8220;raised his arm with a firearm and fired at the National Guard&#8221;<\/strong>, according to&nbsp;<a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/574686-primeros-detalles-tiroteo-miembros-guardia-nacional\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">detailed<\/a>&nbsp;during a press conference by the executive deputy chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, Jeffrey Carroll.\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-rich is-provider-twitter wp-block-embed-twitter\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\n<blockquote class=\"twitter-tweet\" data-width=\"550\" data-dnt=\"true\"><p lang=\"es\" dir=\"ltr\">\u2757\ufe0f\u2757\ufe0fDos militares fueron baleados en las cercan\u00edas de la Casa Blanca este mi\u00e9rcoles, seg\u00fan indicaron fuentes relacionadas a ABC News. Presuntamente, los afectados son miembros de la Guardia Nacional. <a href=\"https:\/\/t.co\/Bz6EzVi4E4\">pic.twitter.com\/Bz6EzVi4E4<\/a><\/p>&mdash; RT en Espa\u00f1ol (@ActualidadRT) <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/ActualidadRT\/status\/1993772184695631996?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw\">November 26, 2025<\/a><\/blockquote><script async src=\"https:\/\/platform.x.com\/widgets.js\" charset=\"utf-8\"><\/script>\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\nHe also stated that after &#8220;some back and forth&#8221;, the guards &#8220;managed to subdue the individual and take him into custody&#8221;. Following the unfortunate event, the White House was closed.\n\nU.S. Presidential Spokesperson Karoline Leavitt stated that the situation is being actively monitored and that the President has been informed about it.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What happened to the military?<\/h3>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Following the incident, it was reported that the military personnel were taken to a hospital. In an initial message, Patrick Morrisey, governor of West Virginia, the state to which the uniformed personnel belong, reported: &#8220;It is with great sadness that we confirm that the two members of the West Virginia National Guard who were shot today in Washington, D.C., have died from their injuries.&#8221;<\/p>\n\n\nHowever, in a second message, <strong>he alleged that he had been receiving &#8220;contradictory reports&#8221; about the condition of the soldiers.<\/strong>\n\nFor his part, FBI Director Kash Patel, who is near the scene of the incident, reported that the military&nbsp;<strong>are in critical condition in a hospital<\/strong>&nbsp;and asked to pray for their health.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What is known about the shooter?<\/h3>\n\n\nIt is reported that a suspect is in custody. As Vice President Vance stated, the shooter&#8217;s motives&nbsp;<strong>are still unknown<\/strong>&nbsp;and there are many aspects that the administration has yet to determine.\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Reaction of the authorities<\/h3>\n\n\nThe US President, Donald Trump, who remains in the state of Florida, <a href=\"https:\/\/actualidad.rt.com\/actualidad\/574669-primer-comentario-trump-tiroteo-militares-%D1%81asa-blanca\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">indicated<\/a> on social media that &#8220;the animal that shot the two members of the National Guard&#8221; is seriously injured, <strong>&#8220;but will still pay a very high price&#8221;<\/strong>.\n\nThe Secret Service states that the shooting &#8220;has, for the moment, <strong>no known intentional relationship to the White House<\/strong>, apart from the location,&#8221; according to service spokesman Anthony Guglielmi.\n\nIn turn, U.S. Secretary of War Pete Hegseth, <a href=\"https:\/\/esrt.space\/actualidad\/574678-eeuu-desplegara-500-soldados-guardia\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">reported<\/a> that another 500 National Guard soldiers will be deployed in Washington D.C. following the shooting.","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>U.S. authorities are investigating a shooting that occurred this Wednesday near the White House in Washington D.C., where two members of the National Guard were seriously injured. What happened? The shooting&nbsp;occurred&nbsp;in downtown Washington D.C., in front of the entrance to the Farragut West metro station, now guarded by Metropolitan Police officers. 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