By Zachary Cohen, Kaanita Iyer, CNN
A police car blocks a street in Washington, DC, following a shooting on November 26. Photo: Joe Merkel/CNN via CNN Newsource
This story is breaking and will be updated with additional details.
Two National Guardsmen have been shot in Washington, DC, according to US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.
The shooting occurred downtown in the capital on Thursday (NZT), according to a source familiar with the early reports and a law enforcement official.
DC Metropolitan Police said the scene was secure and one suspect was in custody.
They advised people to avoid the area.
The National Guard did not immediately respond to request for comment. The circumstances of the shooting are not immediately clear.
President Donald Trump said the guardsmen were "critically wounded" and the shooter was also severely injured, Reuters reported.
"The animal that shot the two National Guardsmen, with both being critically wounded, and now in two separate hospitals, is also severely wounded, but regardless, will pay a very steep price," Trump wrote in a post on Truth Social.
National Guard troops from multiple states have been in Washington, DC, for months as part of President Donald Trump's anti-crime crackdown in the nation's capital, which has since expanded to other cities across the country.
- CNN with Reuters
