A quiet afternoon near Farragut West exploded into chaos when gunfire left two National Guardsmen and a third person wounded, just streets from the White House. Within hours, DC was locked down, streets sealed, and a wounded suspect in custody as federal agents and local police converged on a shaken capital still trying to understand what happened and why.
From Palm Beach, Trump framed the shooting as a brutal test of his hard‑line security crusade in Washington. He praised the Guard as “truly Great People,” promised the gunman would “pay a very steep price,” and leaned into his narrative of a city overrun by crime and disorder. With the FBI “engaged and assisting” and the president’s federal takeover of DC policing already underway, the attack instantly became more than a crime scene — it became a flashpoint in America’s bitter fight over safety, power, and who really controls the streets of its own capital.