Red ribbons adorned one city, while blue ribbons hung in another town — all to honor the National Guard members who were attacked in Washington this week.

The father of slain West Virginia National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom noted in a Thursday Facebook post that his daughter had "passed to glory"

The West Virginia National Guard members are said to be in a critical condition after the shooting on Wednesday

The West Virginia National Guard members shot on Nov. 26, 2025, were serving in Washington as part of Operation DC Safe and Beautiful.

For Sarah Beckstrom, the National Guard member who died after being shot while on duty in Washington, the military offered opportunities that tiny Webster Springs didn’t.

Two West Virginia National Guard members who deployed to the U.S. capital have been shot blocks from the White House in a brazen act of violence that the mayor characterized as a targeted attack.

President Donald Trump announced Beckstrom’s death during a call with service members. “She’s just passed away,” he said of Specialist Beckstrom, who enlisted in the West Virginia National Guard in June 2023. “She’s no longer with us. She’s looking down at us right now.”