Trump says one National Guard member has died

PALM BEACH, Florida (Reuters) ​-Sarah Beckstrom, ‌one of the two National ‌Guard members shot in Washington on Wednesday, has died, U.⁠S. ‌President Donald Trump said on Thursday.

“Sarah ‍Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that ​we’re talking ‌about, highly respected, young, magnificent person … She’s just passed ⁠away. She’​s no ​longer with us,” Trump said in ‍his ⁠first live remarks since the shooting.

(Reporting ⁠by Jeff Mason and Ismail ‌Shakil; Editing by ‌Nia Williams)