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U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro<\/a> has announced that National Guard<\/a> shooting suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal<\/a> will face a first-degree murder charge<\/a> after Sarah Beckstrom, one of the soldiers wounded in an \u201cambush\u201d outside a Metro station in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, died of her injuries.<\/p>\n President Donald Trump<\/a> announced Beckstrom\u2019s death at a Thanksgiving<\/a> press conference Thursday evening, calling her a \u201chighly respected, young, magnificent person\u201d and \u201coutstanding in every way.\u201d <\/p>\n Her family joined her at her hospital bedside. \u201cMy baby girl has passed to glory. If I don\u2019t talk to you don\u2019t be offend this has been a horrible tragedy,\u201d her father, Gary Beckstrom, later posted on social media.<\/p>\n Andrew Wolfe<\/a>, the other guardsman shot in the incident, is still \u201cfighting for his life\u201d and \u201cin very bad shape,\u201d Trump said Thursday night. He remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n Lakanwal, the suspected shooter, is a 29-year-old Afghan national who entered the U.S. in September 2021. He was living in Bellingham, Washington, with his wife and five children and working as a delivery driver, according to officials.<\/p>\n The president has escalated his anti-immigration agenda in the wake of the shooting, vowing to \u201cpermanently\u201d freeze immigration from \u201cthird world\u201d countries as authorities \u201creexamine\u201d certain green card holders.<\/p>\n <\/a>Father of Sarah Beckstrom posts heartbreaking tribute after dying from injuries in shooting attack<\/p>\n U.S. Army Specialist Sarah Beckstrom volunteered with the West Virginia National Guard after graduating from high school two years ago.<\/p>\n She died on Thanksgiving at age 20, succumbing from injuries in shooting attack near the White House one day earlier.<\/p>\n Her family joined her at her hospital bedside to say farewell.<\/p>\n \u201cI\u2019m holding her hand right now,\u201d her father, Gary Beckstrom, told The New York Times on Thursday. \u201cShe has a mortal wound. It\u2019s not going to be a recovery.\u201d That was all he would say.<\/p>\n He later posted on social media, \u201cMy baby girl has passed to glory. If I don\u2019t talk to you don\u2019t be offend this has been a horrible tragedy.\u201d<\/p>\n Alex Woodward28 November 2025 20:15<\/p>\n <\/a>DHS blames Biden for difficulty \u2018vetting\u2019 Afghans after suspected gunman approved for asylum in US<\/p>\n Homeland Security assistant secretary Tricia McLaughlin defended the Trump administration\u2019s actions to severely restrict immigration into the United States from Afghanistan and other countries, including reviewing green card holders who could now be at risk of removal.<\/p>\n She also blamed the Biden administration for \u201cextremely difficult and complex\u201d vetting of Afghan nationals following U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan in 2021.<\/p>\n Afghanistan \u201cis now run by the Taliban while al-Qa’ida, ISIS-K, TTP, and other terrorist groups run rampant in Afghanistan \u2014 making the vetting of Afghan nationals extremely difficult and complex,\u201d McLaughlin wrote. \u201cMany hate our country and seek to bring it harm.\u201d<\/p>\n But the agency painted a different picture of life in Afghanistan earlier this year when the administration stripped legal protections for thousands of people who lived and worked legally in the United States.<\/p>\n Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem said their country has an \u201cimproved security situation, and its stabilizing economy no longer prevent [sic] them from returning to their home country.\u201d<\/p>\n The agency also said \u201cnotable improvements\u201d in Afghanistan\u2019s national security, now under the control of the Taliban, and no longer \u201cpose a threat to their personal safety due to armed conflict or extraordinary and temporary conditions.\u201d<\/p>\n The notice in the federal register also claims that \u201cthe Taliban government is promoting tourism to shift its global image.\u201d<\/p>\n \u201cTourism to Afghanistan has increased, as the rates of kidnappings have reduced,\u201d the notice added. \u201cTourists are sharing their experiences on social media, highlighting the peaceful countryside, welcoming locals, and the cultural heritage, according to some reports.\u201d<\/p>\n Alex Woodward28 November 2025 19:18<\/p>\n <\/a>Troops to join local cops on DC patrol in major shakeup<\/p>\n In the wake of a shooting that targeted National Guard troops, local law enforcement will be paired up with Guard service members on their patrols in Washington, D.C., according to an email obtained by The Washington Post.<\/p>\n \u201cOfficers will conduct high-visibility patrols with the National Guard and provide assistance as needed,\u201d the message sent to D.C. leadership said.<\/p>\n The dynamic, if enacted for a longer-term basis, could mark a dramatic shift in how the U.S. military operates inside the country, as Donald Trump seeks to expand federalized troops in cities across the country despite boundaries that prevent military personnel from performing local law enforcement.<\/p>\n Last week, a federal judge barred Trump from deploying National Guard troops in the nation\u2019s capital, which the administration has appealed to the D.C. appellate court.<\/p>\n Alex Woodward28 November 2025 18:42<\/p>\n <\/a>Suspect served in CIA-backed strike unit in Afghanistan to suspect<\/p>\n Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, was originally from a village in the province of Khost in Afghanistan.<\/p>\n He reportedly served in the Afghan Army for 10 years alongside U.S. Special Forces as part of the global War on Terror.<\/p>\n Alex Woodward28 November 2025 17:45<\/p>\n <\/a>Dramatic moment National Guard trade gunfire with DC shooting suspect caught on video<\/p>\n The dramatic moment National Guard members traded fire with a gunman in Washington, D.C., on Thanksgiving Eve has been caught on video.<\/p>\n Photos and video, obtained by The Wall Street Journal, show National Guard members reacting to the attack and running down the street. The footage appears to have been taken by a witness who was inside a car driving past the street corner.<\/p>\n Katie Hawkinson28 November 2025 17:25<\/p>\n <\/a>Nancy Mace calls for DC shooting suspect to be executed: \u2018He doesn\u2019t deserve to live\u2019<\/p>\n Rep. Nancy Mace and a chorus of other Republicans called for the man accused of shooting two members of the West Virginia National Guard, killing one of them, to be executed.<\/p>\n Eric Garcia28 November 2025 17:00<\/p>\n <\/a>What we know about Andrew Wolfe, National Guard member in critical condition<\/p>\n West Virginia National Guard service member Sarah Beckstrom, 20, had enlisted with her state\u2019s guard in 2023, the same year she graduated from high school.<\/p>\n She died from her injuries after she was shot Wednesday while deployed in Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n Another guard member, 24-year-old U.S. Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, remains in critical condition.<\/p>\n He works as a lineman with Frontier Communications, according to the Communications Workers of America, a union that represents telecom workers.<\/p>\n Wolfe is from Martinsburg, West Virginia, and is the son of a deputy sheriff in Berkeley County.<\/p>\n Like Beckstrom, he enlisted in the National Guard after graduating high school.<\/p>\n “We still have hope. He\u2019s still in critical condition,\u201d U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Friday. \u201cWe are doing everything we can to assist his family and to make sure that they have everything they need during this difficult time for them.\u201d<\/p>\n Alex Woodward28 November 2025 16:51<\/p>\n <\/a>Pirro claims US didn’t vet Afghan refugees despite Trump admin granting suspect asylum<\/p>\n U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro baselessly alleged that Afghans who entered the United States in the wake of the U.S. withdrawal in 2021 \u2014 including the man suspected of shooting two National Guard troops \u2014 were not \u201cvetted\u201d before entering the country.<\/p>\n \u201cLook, there was no vetting. If you think there was vetting, I have a bridge to sell you,\u201d she told Fox News Friday.<\/p>\n \u201cIf you saw the chaos that was going on at that airport in Kabul in Afghanistan, it was typical of what was going on in the Biden administration,\u201d she said. \u201cLet\u2019s stop namby-pambing around with this \u2018oh, he was vetted.\u2019 There was no \u2018vetted.\u2019 The welcome mat was thrown down.\u201d<\/p>\n Pirro said \u201cwe don\u2019t know who they are\u201d until we \u201csuffer the consequences.\u201d<\/p>\n Roughly 76,000 Afghan refugees were allowed entry into the United States in 2021, according to a report at the time by the Department of Homeland Security.<\/p>\n Rahmanullah Lakanwal is expected to be among the 3,300 of those refugees that year who were granted a “special immigrant visa,” which allowed for expedited entry because of his employment with the CIA and other U.S. forces.<\/p>\n He was reportedly granted asylum in the country in April 2025 \u2014 under Trump.<\/p>\n Alex Woodward28 November 2025 16:15<\/p>\n![\"\"](\"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/US-JUSTICE-POLITICS-NATIONALGUARD-SHOOTING-lsm9z1nc.jpeg\")
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