The Trump administration on Friday directed officials to pause all asylum decisions in the wake of the shooting of two National Guard soldiers in Washington, D.C.

President Donald Trump said Thursday evening that U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, one of the two West Virginia National members wounded in a "targeted shooting" near the White House on Wednesday,

The Afghan man alleged to have shot two National Guardsmen near the White House had his asylum approved by the Trump administration earlier this year, according to reports. The suspect has been identified by multiple law enforcement sources and media outlets as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal.

The suspect in the shooting of two National Guard members led a team in the Afghanistan war and worked with U.S. and British forces, according to a former Afghan commando colleague. A DHS official says he was granted asylum earlier this year on humanitarian grounds.

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has announced upgraded charges against a man accused of shooting two National Guard members

T he suspect in the shooting of two National Guardsmen will be charged with first degree murder, the U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Friday, following the death of one of the soldiers.

Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said the suspected gunman in the shooting of two National Guard members will be charged with first-degree murder after the death of a

Two National Guard members from West Virginia remain in critical condition when a gunman opened fire on them in an apparent "targeted shooting" near the White House.