Trump says one of the National Guard members shot in Washington has died

The president called Ms Beckstrom an “incredible person, outstanding in every single way”.

National Guard patrol on the National Mall near the US Capitol in Washington (Rahmat Gul/AP)

President Donald Trump said one of the two West Virginia National Guard members shot by an Afghan national near the White House had died, calling the gunman who had worked with the CIA in his native country a “savage monster”.

As part of his Thanksgiving call to US troops, Mr Trump said that he had just learned that Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had died, while Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, was “fighting for his life”.