Name: Sarah Beckstrom's Boyfriend BREAKS SILENCE; Releases Huge Message After DC Shooting | 'She Never...'
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The ex boyfriend of National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom says he loved her to pieces after she was fatally shot in Washington, D.C.

Adam Carr, who dated Beckstrom for six years, told CNN she never deserved any of that.

He described Bextrom as a loving and caring person with a huge heart, someone who thought of others even in the smallest ways.

Car recalled how she would wake up early to make him lunch before work, adding sandwiches, chips and asking what fruit he wanted.

He told her not to worry about it and she would still get up for it anyways, even though she's got work in a few hours, he said.

He also shared that Beckstrom faced hostility when she was deployed to Washington, D.C.

The more she was there, the more she warmed up to it, carr said, noting that she made friends and enjoyed seeing the monuments throughout the city.

Outside of work, Beckstrom was described as outgoing yet a homebody who loved fishing and hunting and had dreams of joining the FBI.

She was truly devoted to service, family and her passions, leaving a lasting impact on those who knew her grief, heartbreak and an unimaginable loss.

These were the emotions poured out by Gary Bextrom in a Facebook post about his daughter, National Guardsman Sarah Beckstrom.

If I don't talk to you, don't be offended.

This has been a horrible tragedy, he wrote.

Her father's words capture the raw pain of a parent facing the unthinkable, holding on to hope and fear at the same time as the details of the shooting and its impact on the National Guard community begin to emerge.

I must unfortunately tell you that just seconds before I went on 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 America is at a loss of words as the nation mourns Its Braveheart.

20 year old US army specialist Sarah Beckstrom is no more.

Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that were outstanding in every way.

She was ambushed by an Afghan national, rahmanala Lakhanwal, on November 26 while patrolling the streets of Washington, D.C.

just two blocks away from the White House.

Beckstrom, from Somersville, West Virginia began her service on June 6, 2023.

She was assigned to the 863rd Military Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade of the West Virginia Army National Guard.

Her father, devastated and waiting beside her hospital bed, said, only four, she has a mortal wound.

During a Thanksgiving call with service members, President Trump paid homage to Bextrom she was savagely attacked.

Incredible person, outstanding in every single way in every department.

The second member shot during the ambush, 24 year old US Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf remains in the hospital fighting for his life.

Sergeant Wolf from Martinsburg, West Virginia, entered service on February 5, 2019 and serves with the Force Support Squadron, 167th Airlift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard.

A family member at his home pleaded for the nation's support, saying, all we need right now are prayers for my son.

President Trump also shared an update on Wolf's condition.

As you know, the other young man is fighting for his life.

He's fighting for his life and hopefully we'll get better news with respect to him.

Local and federal law enforcement agencies lined the streets in Washington, D.C.

as a procession passed to honor Beckstrom.

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth was also in attendance.

Both Wolf and Beckstrom had been deployed to Washington in August when Trump ordered troops to the Capitol as part of what his administration described as a crackdown on crime.

Meanwhile, Rukhmanala Lakhanwal, the suspect who shot the two troopers, is also at the hospital in critical condition.

attorney confirmed that Laconwa drove cross country to launch an ambush style attack with a.357 Smith & Wesson revolver.

The two National Guards men that we're talking about are Sarah Beckstrom, who's 20 years old, and

They were uniformed members of the West Virginia National Guard and they were in DC to keep DC Safe.

We are praying that they survive and that the highest charge will not have to be murder in the first degree.

But make no mistake, if they do not, that will certainly be the charge, murder in the first degree.

The suspect, he has been identified as Ramanullah Leckenwell, a 29 year old Afghan who entered the United States under Biden's Operation Allies Welcome, a program following the disastrous withdrawal from Afghanistan.

What we know about him is that he drove his vehicle across country from the state of Washington with the intended target of coming to our nation's capital.

The FBI and military police are now leading an intensive investigation into the attack.

As pressure builds over how armed assailants could strike so close to the heart of the American power seat, the White House, the United States is shaken.

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