🇺🇸⚡️- Press conference has begun.

🇺🇸⚡️- FBI Director Kash Patel has taken the podium.

🇺🇸⚡️- "We're here to brief you on the tragic events that took place here today." - Kash Patel, Director of the FBI.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Two of our brave members of the National Guard were brazenly attacked in an act of violence, and are in critical condition." - Kash Patel, Director of the FBI.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Since this is an assault on a federal law enforcement officer, this will be treated as a federal crime. The FBI will lead on that investigation." - Kash Patel, Director of the FBI.

🇺🇸⚡️- "President Trump has been informed, and we have been in contact with the White House." - Kash Patel, Director of the FBI.

🇺🇸⚡️- "Please send your prayers to those brave warriors who are in critical condition, and their families. They are here serving our country, and protecting our country. They are the heroes of this day." - Kash Patel, Director of the FBI.

🇺🇸⚡️- The Executive Assistant Chief of the DC Metropolitan Police Department, Jeff Carroll, has taken the podium.

🇺🇸⚡️- "The suspect came around the corner, raised his firearm, and discharged it at the National Guard members. Other guard members in the area were able to subdue the suspect and bring him into custody." - Jeff Carroll, Executive Assistant Chief of the DC Metro Police.

🇺🇸⚡️- The Mayor of Washington DC, Muriel Bowser, has taken the podium.

🇺🇸⚡️- "What we know is that this is a targeted shooting. The individual appeared to target the National Guard members." - Muriel Bowser, Mayor of Washington DC.

🇺🇸⚡️- Jeff Carroll and Muriel Bowser have confirmed that there was only one suspect who ambushed the National Guard members, and he was taken into custody and brought to hospital.

🇺🇸⚡️- Executive Assistant Chief of the DC Metro Police Jeff Carroll says that both National Guard members who were ambushed were armed.

🇺🇸⚡️- "We're still investigating who exactly shot the individual [the suspect.]" - Jeff Carroll, Executive Assistant Chief of the DC Metro Police.

🇺🇸⚡️- "We're very preliminary in the investigation. At this time, the suspect is still in the hospital receiving treatment." - Jeff Carroll, Executive Assistant Chief of the DC Metro Police.

🇺🇸⚡️- "We are in the preliminary stage of this investigation. We will run down every single lead." - Kash Patel, Director of the FBI.

🇺🇸⚡️- The press conference has ended.

🇭🇰⚡- Hong Kong police have announced the arrest of 3 suspects for involuntary manslaughter in relation to the high-rise fires.

🇺🇸🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡️- BREAKING: "Israel has received the green light from the US administration to take action in Lebanon." - Al-Jadeed, Lebanese outlet, citing unnamed diplomatic sources.

🇱🇧🇮🇱⚡- Israeli forces launch flares over the town of Markaba, southern Lebanon, al-Manar reports.