A shooting occurred on Nov. 26 in Washington, D.C., where two servicemembers of the National Guard were allegedly ambushed by an Afghan national near the White House. As of writing, one of those servicemembers, Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, has died of her injuries.
The accused assailant, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, was admitted into the United States for humanitarian relief after the Taliban’s takeover of Afghanistan in 2021.
