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Questions emerge about National Guard shooter’s motives and the impact on immigrants

PBS News Hour - Segments

PBS NewsHour

News, Daily News

4.11K Ratings

🗓️ 28 November 2025

⏱️ 2 minutes

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More details are coming to light about the shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members that happened earlier this week blocks from the White House. New questions are also emerging about the motives of the shooter, and what the attack could mean for immigrants across the country. White House correspondent Liz Landers has the story. PBS News is supported by - https://www.pbs.org/newshour/about/funders. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy

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0:00.0

Tonight, more details are coming to light about this week's shooting of two West Virginia National Guard members, one of them fatally, just blocks from the White House.

0:09.2

And new questions are emerging about the shooter's motives and what the attack could mean for immigrants across the country.

0:15.1

Our coverage begins with White House correspondent Liz Landers.

0:21.5

Late last night, a vehicle procession in Washington, D.C., honoring 20-year-old U.S. Army

0:27.3

specialist Sarah Bexstrom, who died yesterday after being shot near the White House on Wednesday.

0:33.5

She's no longer with us. She's looking down at us right now.

0:37.3

From his residence in Florida, President Trump announced Bexstrom's death and was asked She's no longer with us. She's looking down at us right now.

0:37.6

From his residence in Florida, President Trump announced Bexstrom's death and was asked

0:41.6

by reporters whether he'd attend her funeral.

0:44.4

I haven't thought about it yet, but it certainly is something I could conceive of.

0:48.4

I love West Virginia. You know, I won West Virginia by one of the biggest margins of any president anywhere.

0:56.1

The president was also asked about the alleged shooter, 29-year-old Ramanullah Lackinwal,

1:01.2

an Afghan national who was granted asylum in the United States after working with U.S. forces

1:07.0

in Afghanistan.

1:08.0

He went cuckoo.

1:09.5

I mean, he went nuts. And that happens too.

1:11.6

It happens too often with these people.

1:13.6

Bextram was shot along with 24-year-old Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolf, also of West Virginia's National Guard.

1:21.6

Our hearts go out.

1:23.6

Earlier today, the U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., Janine Piro, spoke on Fox about the new charges filed against the suspect.

1:31.0

We are upgrading the initial charges of assault to murder in the first degree.

1:36.9

There will be no stone unturned in this case.

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