Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem rebuked the top Democrat on the House Homeland Security Committee on Thursday for labeling the shootings of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C, last month an “unfortunate accident.”

In a hearing on worldwide threats before lawmakers Thursday, Rep. Bennie Thompson (D-MS) characterized the murder of one National Guard member, Sarah Beckstrom, and injury of fellow member, Andrew Wolfe, on Nov. 26 as an “unfortunate accident,” and later called it an “unfortunate situation” as he posed a question to Noem about the suspected shooter’s immigration status.