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Alleged perpetrator of the 2025 Washington, D.C. National Guard shooting
Reporting shows Rahmanullah Lakanwal entered the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 and was resettled through refugee/evacuee channels . Multiple media accounts say a U.S. couple — identified...
Reuters, CBS, CNN and other outlets reporting from government files say Rahmanullah Lakanwal applied for asylum in December 2024 and was granted asylum in April 2025 — Reuters and its cited federal do...
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan who entered the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome in 2021 and was later granted asylum in April 2025, is accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington,...
Multiple major outlets reporting on the Nov. 26, 2025, shooting say the suspect, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was granted asylum in April 2025 — after the Trump inauguration — and that he enter...
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29‑year‑old Afghan national who entered the U.S. under Operation Allies Welcome in 2021, has been identified by multiple outlets as the suspect accused of shooting two National...
U.S. and international reporting show Rahmanullah Lakanwal underwent multiple rounds of vetting tied to his work with U.S. partners in Afghanistan, arrived under Operation Allies Welcome/humanitarian ...
No credible reporting in the provided sources says that former President Donald Trump was shot; the November 26–28, 2025 news cycle instead documents an ambush near the White House in which two West V...
Rahmanullah Lakanwal is a 29-year-old Afghan national identified by U.S. authorities as the suspect in the Nov. 26, 2025, shooting of two National Guard members in Washington, D.C.; reporting says he ...
Multiple major outlets reporting on the Nov. 26, 2025 Washington, D.C. shooting say Rahmanullah Lakanwal applied for asylum in December 2024 and that his asylum application was approved in April 2025 ...
Reporting across major outlets says Rahmanullah Lakanwal applied for asylum in December 2024 and — according to multiple law‑enforcement and media sources — his asylum claim was approved in April 2025...
Authorities and multiple news organizations have identified the suspect as 29‑year‑old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who entered the United States in 2021 under programs tied to the U.S. wi...
West Virginia reported the most National Guard fatalities in 2025 after two West Virginia National Guard members were shot while patrolling near the White House; Specialist Sarah Beckstrom died and St...
D.C. Superior Court (magistrate) Judge Renee Raymond presided over Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s first court appearance on Dec. 2, 2025; she ordered him held without bond and the defendant pleaded not guilty...
President Trump’s administration paused all asylum decisions nationwide and stopped issuing Afghan visas in late November 2025 after a suspected Afghan shooter’s arrest; multiple outlets report the su...
Available reporting indicates Rahmanullah Lakanwal applied for asylum in December 2024 and was approved on April 23, 2025; news outlets attribute that approval to the Trump administration but do not c...
Reporting shows FBI agents executed a warrant at an apartment in the Walton Place complex in Bellingham, Washington, connected to 29‑year‑old Rahmanullah Lakanwal; neighbors said the family lived ther...
Available reporting across major outlets says the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, had documented ties to CIA-backed units in Afghanistan and was admitted to the United States in 2021 “due to his prior ...
Available reporting consistently cites that Rahmanullah Lakanwal applied for asylum in December 2024 and was approved in April 2025; several outlets report the specific approval date as April 23, 2025...
Officials and major outlets report the suspect as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan who entered the United States in 2021 under the post‑withdrawal evacuation programs and later received asyl...
Available reporting shows the Washington, D.C., suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was granted asylum in April 2025 — after President Trump took office — and that U.S. counterterrorism authorities had vet...