This Thursday, the Federal Bureau of Investigation searched multiple residences as it widened its probe into a attack in the nation's capital that happened on the previous day, leaving one guardsman dead and another in serious condition.
These raids covered a home in Washington state connected to the suspect, Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who officials said was involved with a CIA-supported unit in Afghanistan before coming to the America in the year 2021 under a immigrant program.
FBI agents confiscated multiple digital gadgets from the home, among them cellphones, portable computers, and tablets, and interviewed his kin, the Bureau's chief Patel told a media update.
Later on Thursday, the President revealed that Sarah Beckstrom, one of the guardsmen injured in DC, had succumbed to her injuries.
She, aged 20, was one of two members of the National Guard targeted; the other member, Wolfe, 24 years old, is still in critical condition, as stated by the president.
Donald Trump has called for his team to scrutinize every Afghan immigrant who entered the United States during Joe Biden’s administration, after authorities identified the alleged perpetrator in the incident as a man from Afghanistan.
The suspected shooter was part of agency-funded forces during the United States military engagement in the Afghan war, the agency has confirmed.
He, named as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29 years old, entered the America in 2021 under an resettlement initiative that gave some Afghans who had been employed by the US government immigration documents to the US.
The probe remains active as officials piece together evidence and question those involved.