{"id":2515986,"date":"2025-12-01T06:57:02","date_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slain-national-guardsman-wanted-to-make-a-difference-during-trump-deployment-felt-the-national-guard-should-do-more\/"},"modified":"2025-12-01T06:58:22","modified_gmt":"2025-12-01T11:58:22","slug":"slain-national-guardsman-wanted-to-make-a-difference-during-trump-deployment-felt-the-national-guard-should-do-more","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/slain-national-guardsman-wanted-to-make-a-difference-during-trump-deployment-felt-the-national-guard-should-do-more\/","title":{"rendered":"Slain National Guardsman Wanted to &#8216;Make a Difference&#8217; During Trump Deployment, Felt the National Guard Should Do More"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"&quot;\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">36<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Fslain-national-guardsman-wanted-to-make-a-difference-during-trump-deployment-felt-the-national-guard-should-do-more%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2515986&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, who was deployed to Washington, D.C., expressed frustration about being limited in her ability to take action while on duty. She and Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe were allegedly shot by Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national brought to the U.S. after the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, near the White House at the Farragut West Metro Station.Beckstrom died from her injuries the following day. The <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/commemorating-the-fourth-anniversary-of-abbey-gate-attack\/\" title=\"Commemorating the fourth anniversary of Abbey Gate attack\">attack occurred amid<\/a> a federal takeover of the Metropolitan Police Department ordered by President Donald Trump. The U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia announced that Lakanwal will face first<a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/community-peacekeepers-championed-by-democrats-now-charged-with-murder\/\" title=\"\u2018Community peacekeepers\u2019 championed by Democrats now charged with murder\">-degree murder charges related<\/a> to Beckstrom&#8217;s death.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<p><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><?xml encoding=\"utf-8\" ?><\/p>\n<section> \t\t\t\t<script>console.log(\"ad slot (AC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC1)\")<\/script><script>console.log(\"ad slot (IC2)\")<\/script><\/p>\n<p>West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom expressed a desire to &ldquo;make [a] difference&rdquo; while deployed to Washington, D.C., her ex-boyfriend told CNN on Friday.<\/p>\n<p>Beckstrom and West Virginia Air National Guard Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe were allegedly shot Wednesday by Rahmanullah Lakanwal roughly a mile from the White House.<\/p>\n<p>Lakanwal, an Afghan national brought into the United States by the Biden administration in the wake of the American withdrawal from Afghanistan, allegedly shot the duo with a Smith and Wesson revolver at the Farragut West Metro Station in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;She was like, &lsquo;People spit towards us, cuss at us, throw things at us, and we can&rsquo;t do nothing.&rsquo; She couldn&rsquo;t detain nobody. She couldn&rsquo;t stop them from doing wrong. It was &mdash; they told them to call the cops,&rdquo; Adam Carr told CNN reporter Gabe Cohen what his ex-girlfriend said about the deployment. &ldquo;She wanted to make a difference. She wanted to extremely. She was happy with it. And she just was also like, &lsquo;Why am I here if I can&rsquo;t do nothing? Where they limited them so much.&rsquo; She&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;It&rsquo;s pointless.&rsquo; She&rsquo;s like, &lsquo;I get why we&rsquo;re here. Crime is bad, but it&rsquo;s pointless if we can&rsquo;t do anything.&rsquo;&rdquo;<\/p>\n<p>President Donald Trump ordered the deployment of the National Guard to Washington after his Aug. 11 announcement of a federal takeover of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/democrats-are-concerned-that-bowsers-budget-tactics-could-lead-to-gop-involvement-in-dc\/\" title=\"Democrats are concerned that Bowser&#039;s budget tactics could lead to GOP involvement in DC\">capital city&#038;rsquo<\/a>;s Metropolitan Police Department following an attempted carjacking which left Department of Government Efficiency staffer Edward Coristine injured when he intervened to assist a victim.<\/p>\n<p> <script type=\"text\/javascript\"> \t\t\tif ( getCookie( \"ff_subbed\" ) ) { \t\t\t\tdocument.getElementById(\"stnvideo\").remove() \t\t\t} else { \t\t\t\tdocument.addEventListener(\"DOMContentLoaded\", function() { \t\t\t\t\tfunction loadScript(src) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst script=document.createElement(\"script\"); \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.src=src; \t\t\t\t\t\tscript.async=true; \t\t\t\t\t\tdocument.body.appendChild(script); \t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\tfunction findPreviousParagraph(selector, x) { \t\t\t\t\t\tconst targetElement=document.querySelector(selector); \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!targetElement) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Target element not found.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Get all <\/p>\n<p> elements in order as they appear in the document \t\t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphs=Array.from(document.querySelectorAll(\"p\"));  \t\t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the index of the last <\/p>\n<p> before the target element \t\t\t\t\t\tlet targetIndex=paragraphs.findIndex(p=> p.compareDocumentPosition(targetElement) & Node.DOCUMENT_POSITION_PRECEDING);  \t\t\t\t\t\tif (targetIndex===-1 || targetIndex <x) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.warn(\"Not enough paragraphs before the target element.\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\treturn null; \t\t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\treturn paragraphs[targetIndex - x]; \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Set up IntersectionObserver \t\t\t\t\tfunction observeElement(element) { \t\t\t\t\t\tif (!element) return;  \t\t\t\t\t\tconst observer=new IntersectionObserver( \t\t\t\t\t\t\t(entries)=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tentries.forEach(entry=> { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tif (entry.isIntersecting) { \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tconsole.log(\"Paragraph is now visible:\", entry.target.textContent.trim()); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tloadScript(\"https:\/\/embed.sendtonews.com\/player3\/embedcode.js?fk=s28Az7AY\"); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.disconnect(); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t} \t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t\t\t\t\t}, \t\t\t\t\t\t\t{ threshold: 0.5 } \/\/ Adjust threshold as needed \t\t\t\t\t\t);  \t\t\t\t\t\tobserver.observe(element); \t\t\t\t\t}  \t\t\t\t\t\/\/ Find the 1st paragraph before #stnvideo and observe it \t\t\t\t\tlet paragraphToObserve=findPreviousParagraph(\"#stnvideo\", 2); \t\t\t\t\tobserveElement(paragraphToObserve); \t\t\t\t}); \t\t\t} \t\t<\/script> <\/p>\n<p>Beckstrom died Thursday from the wounds inflicted in the attack.<\/p>\n<p>&ldquo;Sarah Beckstrom of West Virginia, one of the guardsmen that we&rsquo;re talking about &mdash; highly respected, young, magnificent person, started service in June of 2023, outstanding in every way &mdash; she&rsquo;s just passed away,&rdquo; Trump said as he <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >called service members<\/a> for Thanksgiving.<\/p>\n<p>United States Attorney for&nbsp;the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro announced Friday that Lakanwal would face first-degree murder charges due to Beckstrom&rsquo;s passing.<\/p>\n<div class=\"disclaimer\">\n<p><em>All content created by the Daily Caller News Foundation, an independent and nonpartisan newswire service, is available without charge to any <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/union-membership-plummets-to-record-low\/\" title=\"Union Membership Plummets to Record Low\">legitimate news publisher<\/a> that can provide a large audience. 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