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police were among the officers on scene.
Mayor Muriel Bowser is calling the attack on two National Guardsmen as, quote, targeted.
The assailant was also shot and is in custody.
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth said today President Trump has instructed him to send 500 more troops to the nation's capital.
The area around where two National Guardsmen were shot is closed off with police tape.
It's in a normally busy intersection of the nation's capital called Farragut Square, just about two blocks away from the White House.
So far, we know the National Guardsmen were shot earlier this afternoon and caught by surprise.
officials called it a targeted attack.
The gunman was also shot and is in custody at a local hospital.
West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrissey said that the two soldiers were West Virginia National Guardsmen.
The White House says it is monitoring the situation.
Jacqueline Diaz, NPR News, Washington.
Just yesterday, a three-judge panel on the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals issued a temporary ruling.
The National Guard can stay under federal control but may not enter Portland.
The court said it will issue a broader legal ruling after today's hearing.
President Trump has said National Guard deployments to American cities like Portland and Chicago are needed to protect the work of immigration agents and to reduce crime.