"U.S. Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said during an interview with Fox News on Friday that the charges against Lakanwal have been upgraded to first-degree murder and that there are "many more charges to come." Lakanwal, who was 5 years old when the war in Afghanistan started, immigrated to the U.S. in 2021 when U.S. troops withdrew from Afghanistan and the Taliban toppled its government."
"National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom remembered Sarah Beckstrom, 20, of Summersville, West Virginia, joined the service in 2023. Beckstrom's father, Gary, called her his "baby girl" and said she had "passed to glory" in a Facebook post on Thursday. West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey on Friday called for residents to hold a moment of silence for the two victims of the shooting, as both were deployed as part of that state's National Guard."
An Afghan national allegedly shot two National Guard members in Washington, D.C., killing Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically injuring Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24. Beckstrom joined the service in 2023 and was remembered by her father, who called her his "baby girl" and said she had "passed to glory." West Virginia Governor Patrick Morrisey called for a moment of silence, said both had volunteered for the mission, and described Beckstrom's death as the "ultimate sacrifice." The suspect, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, immigrated in 2021 and now faces an upgraded first-degree murder charge. The Trump administration halted processing of immigration requests from Afghan nationals and the president vowed to tighten immigration enforcement.
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