West Virginia football game holds moment of silence for two National Guard soldiers shot in DC attack

Before the West Virginia Mountaineers shot squad took connected the No. 5 Texas Tech Red Raiders Saturday day successful Morgantown, the assemblage shared a infinitesimal of soundlessness for the 2 West Virginia National Guard soldiers changeable successful Washington, D.C., Wednesday.

The nationalist code announcer asked the assemblage for soundlessness arsenic it came unneurotic to grant 24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe from Martinsburg and 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom from Webster Springs. Their pictures were shown connected the scoreboard during the infinitesimal of silence.

The 2 National Guard soldiers were changeable adjacent the White House during their deployment successful D.C. Spc. Beckstrom died from her injuries, portion Staff Sgt. Wolfe remains successful captious condition.

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Rich Rodriguez, caput manager of the West Virginia Mountaineers, during the 2nd 4th of a crippled against the Texas Tech Red Raiders astatine Milan Puskar Stadium Nov. 29, 2025, successful Morgantown. (Brien Aho/Getty Images)

The suspected shooter is Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan national.

The shooting happened successful wide daylight, and eyewitness video has emerged showing the shooter, believed to beryllium Lakanwal, wearing acheronian clothing, turning a country with a revolver successful manus portion Guardsmen scramble for cover.

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One of the Guardsmen was seen around a country down a thoroughfare and returned fire. Metro Police accidental different National Guardsmen heard the shots astir 3 blocks distant from the White House and were capable to detain Lakanwal aft helium had been shot.

The shooter fired disconnected 10 to 15 rounds with a .357 revolver, according to national charging documents cited by Reuters.

Lakanwal had entered the United States in September 2021 nether Operation Allies Welcome, the Biden administration’s Afghan evacuation and resettlement program. Prosecutors accidental helium traveled crossed the state soon earlier the onslaught and had nary anterior transgression record.

Emergency unit stitchery successful a cordoned country wherever National Guard soldiers were changeable adjacent the White House Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025, successful Washington.  (AP Photo/Mark Schiefelbein)

Lakanwal faces charges of first-degree execution and 2 counts of battle with intent to termination portion armed. Attorney General Pam Bondi has said the Department of Justice intends to question the decease penalty.

Beckstrom and Wolfe were among members of the West Virginia National Guard deployed to the D.C. country to tackle transgression successful the metropolis successful effect to an enforcement bid from President Donald Trump.

Rep. Riley Moore, R-W.Va., told "FOX & Friends Weekend" Saturday that Wolfe is "hanging on," adding his household is calling for prayer. 

"Andrew is warring for his beingness close now, and his household and each of his friends, they're trying to harvest arsenic galore prayers arsenic imaginable from each crossed the country, each crossed the globe, to assistance him recover," West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey told "Fox & Friends Weekend" Saturday.

National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, were changeable successful Washington, D.C., Wednesday. Beckstrom died Thursday astatine a hospital. (United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia; Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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"West Virginia cares precise profoundly astir its guard. And there's conscionable a arrogant contented of West Virginians who measurement up from subject service. So, erstwhile thing similar this happens, it's truly a gut punch to the communities."

As for the Mountaineers’ game, they weren’t competitory against 1 of the champion teams successful the country. The Red Raiders bushed them, 49-0, to determination to 11-1 connected the year. West Virginia finished its play 4-8.

Fox News’ Michael Dorgan, Greg Norman and Madeleine Rivera added to this report.

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