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Not a lot of reporting on this story outside of local news and Fox News, weird. This had some good reporting

https://abc57.com/news/two-national-guardsmen-shot-in-washington-dc-according-to-dhs-chief

Unfortunate that people are starting to take the bait and retaliate against NG service members deployed to menace local populations

 

Edit: and we should probably update the thread title to be more accurate 

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1 hour ago, Captainant said:

Not a lot of reporting on this story outside of local news and Fox News, weird. This had some good reporting

https://abc57.com/news/two-national-guardsmen-shot-in-washington-dc-according-to-dhs-chief

Unfortunate that people are starting to take the bait and retaliate against NG service members deployed to menace local populations

 

Edit: and we should probably update the thread title to be more accurate 

Why are you speculating that this is retaliation against the NG. Early returns see that the gunman was an Afghanistani who wasn’t even living in DC to be “menaced.”

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Multiple law enforcement officials briefed on the matter later told CNN the FBI believes they’ve identified the suspect. The officials said the shooter’s initial identification matches a man from Washington state who appears to have immigrated here from Afghanistan in 2021. The suspect applied for asylum in 2024, and it was granted earlier this year.

 

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From NBC:
 

What we know so far:

  • Two National Guard members were shot this afternoon in what appeared to be a "targeted" attack near the White House and are in critical condition, Washington Mayor Muriel Bowser said. The gunman was also shot and is in custody, authorities said.
  • Rahmanullah Lakanwal has been identified as the suspect, four senior law enforcement sources briefed on the investigation said.
  • The FBI will initially investigate the shooting as a possible act of terrorism, two senior U.S. law enforcement officials said.
  • West Virginia Gov. Patrick Morrisey initially said that the guard members were from his state and had died, but he later walked that back, saying his office had received “conflicting reports” about their status.
  • Around 2,100 National Guard troops were in D.C. as of this morning, according to Joint Task Force — District of Columbia.
  • blacklab changed the title to Two WV National Guard shot in DC

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