NOVEMBER 28, 2025 – The West Virginia National Guard, under the command of West Virginia Adjutant General Maj. Gen. Jim Seward, announces the names of the two Guardsmen shot while serving on the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Mission.
At approximately 2:15 p.m., on November 26, 2025, U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, assigned to the Force Support Squadron, 167th Airlift Wing, West Virginia Air National Guard, and U.S. Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, assigned to the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade, West Virginia Army National Guard, were wounded in a shooting near the Farragut Square Metro Station in Washington, D.C.
One of the two members of the National Guard who were shot in Washington DC on Wednesday has died, US President Donald Trump said.
Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died from her injuries while the second National Guard member, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, “is fighting for his life”, Trump said on Thursday evening.
SSgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, entered service on February 5, 2019. He has been on orders in the district since the beginning of the mission in August of this year.
Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of Summersville, West Virginia, entered service on June 26, 2023. She has been on Task Force orders in the district since the beginning of the mission in August of this year.
Story by Staff Sgt. Zoe Morris
Joint Force Headquarters – West Virginia National Guard