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Suspect in US National Guard shooting facing first-degree murder charge

Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, faces first-degree murder charges after ambushing two National Guard members in a calculated attack, killing one and critically injuring another, officials said.

  • Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, said the suspected gunman in the shooting of two National Guard members will be charged with first-degree murder following the death of a guardsman.
  • US Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died after being shot on Wednesday in an attack near the White House, and US Air Force Staff Sergeant Andrew Wolfe, 24, remains in critical condition.
  • Federal authorities have identified the suspected shooter as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan national who previously worked with US forces and the CIA in Afghanistan before he arrived in the US in 2021.
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Suspect in shooting of National Guard members now facing a first-degree murder charge

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, has announced upgraded charges against a man accused of shooting two National Guard members.

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The Daily Wire broke the news in Nashville, United States on Thursday, November 27, 2025.
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