Trump makes brutal decision after National Guard shooting sent White House into lockdown

Donald Trump issued a bold statement following the shooting that took place close to the White House yesterday and sent the capitol into lockdown.

Two members of the US National Guard were shot in an incident described by Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser as a ‘targeted shooting’.

The two guardsmen, members of the West Virginia National Guard, are currently in hospital in critical condition, while the suspected shooter was shot four times at the scene, law enforcement sources told CBS News.

President Trump reacted furiously in a post on Truth Social, describing the suspect as an “animal”.