The US government is conducting a terrorism investigation into a suspect who shot two National Guard troops in Washington, DC, FBI Director Kash Patel said in a news conference Thursday.
Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for DC, said the suspect, a 29-year-old Afghan national named Rahmanullah Lakanwal, drove across the country from his home near Bellingham, Washington, to carry out a “brazen and targeted” attack.
FBI Director Kash Patel, left, looks at photos of the two West Virginia National Guard soldiers shot in Washington, DC, along with the suspect in the shooting, during a news conference on Nov. 27.
Photographer: Andrew Leyden/Getty Images
The suspect was allowed into the US in part because of his work with the US government, including the CIA, in Afghanistan, according to a statement by CIA director
Pirro said ...