The 29-year-old man suspected in the shooting of two National Guard members, one of them fatally, near the White House on Wednesday, is an Afghan national who came to the United States four years ago due to his work with the CIA.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal allegedly drove across the country from Bellingham, Washington, to the nation’s capital with the intent to kill. He was armed and in criminal possession of a weapon, U.S. officials claimed during a Thursday press conference.
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