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THIS IS CBS NEWS MIAMI. AND RIGHT NOW AT 11, WE BEGIN WITH BREAKING NEWS. PRESIDENT TRUMP HAS ANNOUNCED THAT ONE OF THE NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS SHOT YESTERDAY IN WASHINGTON, D.C., HAS DIED. SPECIALIST SARAH BECKSTROM WAS JUST 20 YEARS OLD. THE SECOND GUARDSMAN REMAINS IN CRITICAL CONDITION. BOTH WERE SHOT IN AN AMBUSH ATTACK NEAR THE THE WHITE HOUSE. GOOD EVENING. I'M JIM BARRY. CBS NEWS MIAMI'S NATALIE BRAND IS IN OUR NATION'S CAPITAL TONIGHT WITH THE LATEST ON WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS CALLING A TERRORIST ATTACK.
PRESIDENT TRUMP ANNOUNCED ON THURSDAY NIGHT THAT ONE OF THE TWO NATIONAL GUARD MEMBERS SHOT WHILE PATROLLING THE NATION'S CAPITAL ON THANKSGIVING EVE HAS DIED FROM HER INJURIES.
RIGHT NOW, I HEARD THAT SARAH BECKSTROM OF WEST VIRGINIA, ONE OF THE GUARDSMEN THAT WE'RE TALKING ABOUT, HIGHLY RESPECTED YOUNG MAGNIFICENT PERSON, STARTED SERVICE IN JUNE OF 2023. OUTSTANDING IN EVERY WAY. SHE'S JUST PASSED AWAY.
THE OTHER NATIONAL GUARDSMAN WAS IDENTIFIED AS 24-YEAR-OLD ANDREW WOLFE. INVESTIGATORS SAY THE SUSPECT IN WEDNESDAY'S DEADLY SHOOTING DROVE CROSS COUNTRY TO CARRY OUT AN AMBUSH ATTACK.
A LONE GUNMAN OPENED FIRE WITHOUT PROVOCATION. AMBUSH STYLE. ARMED WITH A 357 SMITH AND WESSON REVOLVER.
OFFICIALS IDENTIFIED THE SUSPECT AS 29 YEAR 29-YEAR-OLD RAHMANULLAH LAKANWAL OF WASHINGTON STATE, AN AFGHAN NATIONAL WHO ENTERED THE U.S. IN 2021 FOLLOWING THE AMERICAN WITHDRAWAL FROM THE WAR TORN COUNTRY. THE CIA SAID LAKANWAL PREVIOUSLY WORKED WITH THE U.S. GOVERNMENT IN AFGHANISTAN. A DEPARTMENT OF HOMELAND SECURITY OFFICIAL TELLS CBS NEWS THE SUSPECTED GUNMAN WAS GRANTED ASYLUM EARLIER THIS YEAR ON HUMANITARIAN GROUNDS.
WE MUST TAKE ALL NECESSARY MEASURES TO ENSURE THE REMOVAL OF ANY ALIEN FROM ANY COUNTRY WHO DOES NOT BELONG HERE, OR ADD BENEFIT TO OUR COUNTRY.
IN ADDITION, THE DIRECTOR OF U.S. CITIZENSHIP AND IMMIGRATION SERVICES SAYS HE HAS ORDERED, AT THE DIRECTION OF PRESIDENT TRUMP, A FULL SCALE, RIGOROUS REEXAMINATION OF ALL GREEN CARDS FOR EVERY IMMIGRANT FROM MORE THAN A DOZEN COUNTRIES OF CONCERN.