Afgano que mató a una Guardia Nacional y dejó a otra gravemente herido podría enfrentarse a pena de muerte Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan immigrant who entered the U.S. in 2021, will face murder charges following a shooting that killed one National Guardsman and critically injured another near the White House. Lakanwal, identified as a former member of an Afghan counter-terrorism unit, allegedly ambushed the guardsmen with a firearm. Prosecutors intend to seek the death penalty and are pursuing charges of first-degree murder, calling the act premeditated.

• A 29-year-old Afghan immigrant, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, faces murder charges after a shooting incident near the White House.
• Two National Guardsmen, Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe, were shot; Beckstrom later died from her injuries.
• Lakanwal, who entered the U.S. in 2021, is accused of premeditated murder and ambush.
• Prosecutors are seeking the death penalty for Lakanwal.
• The National Guardsmen were deployed in Washington D.C. as part of a federal crime offensive.