H. Res. 923 
In the House of Representatives, U. S., 
December 15, 2025. 
Whereas, on the afternoon of November 26, 2025, members 
of the National Guard on patrol in Washington, D.C. as 
part of the D.C. Safe and Beautiful Task Force were vio-
lently assaulted with gunfire in a vicious, targeted attack; 
Whereas United States Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom 
and United States Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew 
Wolfe, both members of the West Virginia National 
Guard, sustained severe gunshot wounds during the at-
tack; 
Whereas Specialist Beckstrom succumbed to her injuries and 
passed away surrounded by her loved ones on November 
27, 2025, making the ultimate sacrifice in service to her 
country; 
Whereas Staff Sergeant Wolfe was hospitalized before a 
transfer to an in-patient rehabilitation facility; 
Whereas United States Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 
who was 20 years old at the time of her passing, was 
from Summersville, West Virginia, enlisted on June 6, 
2023, weeks after graduating with honors from Webster 
County High School, and was assigned to the 863rd Mili-
tary Police Company, 111th Engineer Brigade of the 
West Virginia Army National Guard;
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Whereas Specialist Beckstrom worked a civilian job as a com-
munity engagement specialist at a Certified Community 
Behavioral Health Center in Summersville, West Virginia 
that provides mental health and substance use disorder 
treatment; 
Whereas United States Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew 
Wolfe, age 24, of Martinsburg, West Virginia, a graduate 
of Musselman High School in Inwood, West Virginia, en-
listed on February 5, 2019, while still in high school, and 
was assigned to the Force Support Squadron, 167th Air-
lift Wing of the West Virginia Air National Guard; 
Whereas, in his civilian job, Staff Sergeant Wolfe has worked 
as a lineman with Frontier Communications since 2023, 
which has benefitted his community by bringing 
connectivity to more homes and businesses in West Vir-
ginia; 
Whereas Specialist Beckstrom and Staff Sergeant Wolfe have 
both received an outpouring of support and praise from 
their communities and from around the country as indi-
viduals who served with distinction, earned the admira-
tion and respect of their communities, and acted selflessly 
and courageously on behalf of others; and 
Whereas Specialist Beckstrom and Staff Sergeant Wolfe had 
both recently volunteered to extend their deployments in 
Washington, D.C. and continue their service to help keep 
the Capital of the United States safe: Now, therefore, be 
it 
Resolved, That the House of Representatives— 
(1) honors the memory, service and sacrifice of 
United States Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom for her
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dedicated service to her State and to her country as a 
member of the West Virginia National Guard; 
(2) honors the service and sacrifice of United States 
Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe for his dedicated 
service to his State and to his country as a member of 
the West Virginia National Guard; 
(3) extends its sympathies, gratitude, and support 
for the Beckstrom and Wolfe families for all they have 
endured and will face because of this attack, as their 
love and support have been the foundation of the service 
of Specialist Beckstrom and Staff Sergeant Wolfe to 
their State and the United States; 
(4) honors the bravery of National Guard members 
on the scene who displayed courage and strength while 
under attack; 
(5) expresses gratitude for the swift action of mem-
bers of the National Guard and first responders on the 
scene who responded to the attack and apprehended the 
attacker; 
(6) condemns in the strongest terms the horrific, 
violent assault on United States servicemembers in the 
Capital of the United States; and 
(7) recognizes that the men and women who volun-
teer to serve their communities and their country as
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members of the National Guard represent the very best 
of the United States of America. 
Attest: 
Clerk.