CONFIRMED: Nationwide Guardsmen Had been TARGETED in DC Ambush Assault | JP

More details have just emerged about the terrible shooting in Washington, D.C. this afternoon.

Law enforcement just confirmed that it was a targeted attack against National Guardsmen.

The D.C. police provided the specifics during a press briefing.

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🚨 BREAKING: It’s CONFIRMED this was a TARGETED ATTACK on the National Guardsmen in Washington DC.

At 2:15PM, the attacker came from around the corner and shot point-blank at the troops.

LEFTIST RHETORIC.

National Guardsmen subdued the shooter after a back-and-forth.

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🚨 BREAKING: It’s CONFIRMED this was a TARGETED ATTACK on the National Guardsmen in Washington DC.

At 2:15PM, the attacker came from around the corner and shot point-blank at the troops.

LEFTIST RHETORIC.

National Guardsmen subdued the shooter after a back-and-forth.

Medical aid immediately rendered, and the two victims are now at the hospital. 🙏

The investigation is still ongoing, but police say it was a lone gunman who carried out the ambush.

CBS News confirmed:

Jeff Carroll, the executive assistant chief of the Metropolitan Police Department, described the shooting as an ambush attack in a heavily populated area in the city. Carroll said the troops were on “high visibility patrols” when the suspect walked around a corner around 2:15 p.m., raised a firearm and then shot the two National Guard members.

“We have reviewed video from the area. It appears, like I said, to be a lone gunman that raised the firearm and ambushed these members of the National Guard, and he was quickly taken into custody by other National Guard members and law enforcement members,” he said.

After the shots were fired, other National Guard members were able to rush to their colleagues’ side.

“There were other National Guard members that were in the area — they were able to, after some back and forth, able to subdue the individual and bring him into custody,” Carroll said, adding that other members of law enforcement in the area also provided assistance.

He said the investigation is in preliminary stages. Law enforcement is investigating all aspects of the suspect and his possible connections, Carroll said.

He said there is currently no other suspect, and that they have found no credible motive at this time.

The suspect has been identified as an Afghan national.

The two victims are still in critical condition at the hospital, despite earlier, premature reports that they had passed away.

More on that here:

BREAKING: Suspect Captured, ID’d as FOREIGN NATIONAL Following Attack in DC

Please keep everyone involved in your prayers.

Pray for a Thanksgiving miracle for the two National Guardsmen and their families.