Published On 28 Nov 2025
After being ambushed, Trump claimed that Sarah Beckstrom, a member of the West Virginia National Guard, was shot in the double shooting on Wednesday evening and later died from wounds.
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Beckstrom, 20, was described by President Trump as a “highly respected, young, magnificent person.”
He claimed that Andrew Wolfe, a 24-year-old fellow service member, is still in critical condition.
Trump addressed troops in a video call to mark the US Thanksgiving holiday, telling them, “He’s in very bad shape.”
The main suspect in the shootings of the two National Guard members is Afghan national Rahmanaullah Lakanwal, 29.
Before emigrating to the US in 2021, shortly after the withdrawal of Western forces from Afghanistan, Lakanwal was reportedly employed by the US spy agency there.
Beckstrom left high school and joined the West Virginia National Guard two years ago, according to Rosiland Jordan, Al Jazeera’s correspondent in Washington, DC.
She and her partner were ambushed by a man, according to Jordan, who was also a member of the West Virginia National Guard, on Wednesday afternoon, mid-afternoon.
If either or both of the victims did not survive the gun attack, according to US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro, who confirmed on Thursday that Lakanwal would face first-degree murder charges against her.
According to Pirro, “We are praying that they survive and that the first-degree murder will not be the highest charge.”
Make no mistake, she said, “But if they don’t, that will undoubtedly be the charge.”
The Trump administration announced following the attack that it was reexamining all green cards issued to people who immigrated to the US from 19 nations, including Afghanistan.
According to Joseph Edlow, the head of US Citizenship and Immigration Services, the president ordered a “full scale, rigorous re-examination of every green card for every alien from every country of concern” on Thursday night.
Source: Aljazeera
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