{"id":409617,"date":"2025-11-28T01:58:18","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:58:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/409617\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T01:58:18","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T01:58:18","slug":"refugee-suspected-of-shooting-national-guard-troops-has-san-diego-tie","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.europesays.com\/us\/409617\/","title":{"rendered":"Refugee suspected of shooting National Guard troops has San Diego tie"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Streets<\/a>Streets are blocked after two National Guard soldiers were shot near the White House in Washington. (Photo by Anthony Peltier\/Associated Press)<\/p>\n

The man suspected of shooting two members of a West Virginia National Guard<\/a> unit in Washington, D.C., has a connection to San Diego, the FBI said Thursday.<\/p>\n

According to a CBS News report, FBI<\/a> Director Kash Patel said \u201ca search warrant had been executed at the suspect\u2019s last known address in Washington state. Based on what was found at the address, law enforcement was able to find people associated with him in San Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cDuring that process, we seized numerous electronic devices to include cell phones, laptops, iPads and other material that is being analyzed as we speak,\u201d Patel continued. \u201cInterviews were conducted and are going to be continue to be conducted, and we will go anywhere in the country or the world where the evidence leads us.\u201d<\/p>\n

In an emailed response Thursday, a spokesperson for the FBI\u2019s San Diego office did not provide further details about the case, and referred media outlets to \u201cremarks made during the (earlier) press conference.\u201d<\/p>\n

On Wednesday afternoon, a man shot two members of the West Virginia National Guard \u201cin an ambush-style attack\u201d in the nation\u2019s capital. Twenty- year-old Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and Pfc. Andrew Wolfe, 24, remained in critical condition after undergoing surgery, U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro said Thursday.<\/p>\n

\u201cThey are receiving the finest medical care,\u201d Pirro said. \u201cTheir families are with them now. It\u2019s not clear how it\u2019s going to end up.\u201d<\/p>\n

The shooter is believed to have acted alone.<\/p>\n

Federal authorities identified the suspect as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021. According to ABC News, sources said Lakanwal applied for asylum in 2024 and was granted asylum in April under the Trump administration.<\/p>\n

CBS reported that CIA officials said Lakanwal \u201cpreviously worked with the U.S. government, including the CIA, as a member of a partner force in Kandahar that ended in 2021 following the withdrawal from Afghanistan.\u201d<\/p>\n

Federal officials said Thursday that the 29-year-old will be charged with three counts of assault with the intent to kill while armed and criminal possession of a weapon.<\/p>\n

Officials said Lakanwal \u2014 who is married and has five children \u2014 \u201cdrove from his residence in (Bellingham) Washington state to the nation\u2019s capital prior to the shooting and targeted the Guardsmen.\u201d<\/p>\n

Patel described the probe as a \u201ccoast-to-coast investigation,\u201d and added that officials \u201care interviewing individuals at the suspect\u2019s home and in San Diego.\u201d<\/p>\n

Following the shooting, the Trump administration suspended processing all immigration requests from Afghans, according to a BBC report.<\/p>\n

The leader of a San Diego-based nonprofit that helps relocate and resettle Afghan allies said Thursday that the Afghan community \u201cshould not be scapegoated because of the shooting.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAfghan wartime allies risked their lives for U.S. missions,\u201d said Shawn VanDiver, president and board chairman of AfghanEvac. \u201cThis single act does not reflect Afghan values, AfghanEvac partners or the tens of thousands of Afghans building safe, productive lives in the U.S.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis individual\u2019s case appears to be a tragic outlier \u2014 not a pattern,\u201d he added. \u201cClaims about `vetting failures\u2019 are premature and not supported by evidence.\u201d<\/p>\n

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