Two National Guard members from West Virginia were in critical condition Wednesday after a gunman opened fire on them in an apparent “targeted shooting” near the White House, officials said.
In an address Wednesday night, President Donald Trump called the shooting “an act of evil, an act of hatred and and an act of terror,” adding, “It was a crime against our entire nation.”
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