It Happened on 17th Street: A Tragic, Targeted DC Attack That Is Continuing to Trigger a National Reckoning
For 15 years, we've been using the Farragut West Metro station whenever we wanted to visit the White House or neighboring areas. The station was just a place-in-transit where we were joined by thousands of tourists, government staffers, civil servants and office workers passing through daily without incident But last week, the ordinary became the unthinkable. On the afternoon of November 26, 2025 , the sidewalk outside Farragut West transformed into the scene of a deadly ambush — one that claimed the life of a 20-year-old National Guard soldier and left another critically wounded. The shooting, just steps from the symbolic heart of American power, has shaken the nation, rattled the capital, and raised urgent questions about national security, immigration policy, the role of the Guard in domestic policing, and what warning signs may have been missed. This is the fullest picture available today of what happened, who was involved, what investigators know, and why this tragedy h...
