The father of a National Guard member who was tragically shot in what is believed to be a terror attack shared the devastating news that his daughter will not survive her injuries.

Gary Beckstrom, the father of Sarah Beckstrom, announced the heartbreaking news on Thursday, just a day after the shooting incident in Washington D.C. that left his daughter critically injured.

“She has a mortal wound, and recovery is not possible,” he told the New York Times, speaking from her bedside. “I’m holding her hand right now,” he added, conveying the painful moment.

Sarah Beckstrom was attacked along with Andrew Wolfe, a 24-year-old fellow member of the West Virginia National Guard. Wolfe remains in critical condition following the incident.

The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, from Afghanistan, was also injured during the shooting. He is currently under custody in the hospital with injuries that are not considered life-threatening.

Lakanwal allegedly shot the National Guard soldiers just 800 yards from the White House on Wednesday. 

The suspect drove across the country from his home in Bellingham, Washington state, where he lived with his wife and five children near the Canadian border, authorities said.

The soldiers were shot by a .357 Smith and Wesson revolver. 

Sarah Beckstrom’s father, Gary Beckstrom, said his daughter will not survive injuries she sustained from being shot while on duty in Washington DC

Fingerprints matched to Lakanwal who fled to the US following the Taliban takeover of Afghanistan in 2021. 

Donald Trump last night in an address to the nation blamed Joe Biden and called for a review of ‘every single alien from Afghanistan who has entered our country’.

He said: ‘The suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on earth.

Afghan soldier Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was named as the alleged gunman in custody over the horror shoot-out

‘He was flown in by the Biden administration in September 2021, on those infamous flights that everybody was talking about. Nobody knew who was coming in.

‘His status was extended under legislation signed by President Biden, a disastrous president, the worst in our history.’

CIA director John Ratcliffe revealed that Lakanwal had direct links to the intelligence agency from his work alongside US Special Forces in Afghanistan, where he served as an elite commander.

Lakanwal, 29, applied for asylum in 2024 and was approved by Trump’s Department of Homeland Security in April of this year, according to CNN.

Lakanwal’s ID card identifies him as a commander in Unit 01, an elite force within the former Afghan government’s National Directorate of Security, according to The Telegraph.

Beckstrom was ‘ambushed’ along with fellow West Virginia National Guard member Andrew Wolfe

Two National Guard soldiers were shot  down the street from the White House on Wednesday

Andrew Wolfe was shot alongside Beckstrom in Washington DC on Wednesday 

The Daily Mail has reached out to DHS for comment.

A motive for the shooting has not been released by law enforcement, but the FBI led by Director Kash Patel is investigating whether the attack could have links to international terror.

US Attorney Jeanine Pirro’s notes during a Thursday briefing mentioned the suspected shooter yelled ‘allahu akbar’ before the attack.

Beckstrom and Wolfe were in the nation’s capital as part of the president’s crime-fighting mission that involved taking over the local police department.

Nearly 2,200 Guard members were deployed to DC as part of the drive.

Following the shooting, the president’s administration quickly ordered 500 more National Guard members to the city. 

Lakanwal currently faces charges of assault with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. 

DC US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Thursday that ‘it’s too soon to say’ what the suspect’s motives were. 

She added: ‘We are praying that they survive and that the highest charge will not have to be murder in the first degree. 

‘But make no mistake, if they do not, that will certainly be the charge.’