National Guard shooting suspect shouted 'Allahu Akbar,' was struck by return fire and subdued by witness: feds

The Afghan nationalist accused of shooting 2 National Guard members successful Washington, D.C., yelled "Allahu akbar!" during the onslaught earlier helium was struck with instrumentality occurrence and subdued by a witness, national prosecutors said.

The details emerged arsenic Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, made his archetypal tribunal quality successful Superior Court successful Washington D.C., connected Tuesday. He appeared remotely from a infirmary bed. 

Lakanwal's lawyer said his lawsuit pleaded not blameworthy to 2 counts of battle with intent to kill, 1 number of execution and 1 number of possession of a firearm during a transgression of violence.

In tribunal documents, prosecutors said Lakanwal, of Bellingham, Wash., drove crossed the U.S. to Washington, D.C., portion successful possession of a .357-caliber revolver, according to The Washington Post. He past studied a National Guard contingent for astir 1 infinitesimal connected Nov. 26 earlier opening occurrence astatine Guard members Sarah Beckstrom and Andrew Wolfe adjacent the Farragut West Metro station, the paper added, citing the documents.

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Screenshots amusement National Guard members scrambling for screen and returning occurrence during the Nov. 26 ambush adjacent the Farragut West Metro presumption successful Washington, D.C. (Obtained by the Wall Street Journal)

Prosecutors described however a National Guard supervisor was talking to Beckstrom and Wolfe erstwhile they some collapsed to the crushed and saw Lakanwal "shooting a weapon and screaming, ‘Allahu Akbar,’" the documents reportedly said.

The supervisor past returned fire, striking Lakanwal, earlier a witnesser "jumped on" Lakanwal arsenic helium tried to reload his revolver, tribunal documents allege, according to the Post. The fishy yet was subdued and brought into custody.

An undated record photograph of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the fishy successful the shooting of 2 National Guard soldiers successful Washington, D.C., connected Wednesday, Nov. 26, 2025. (Provided by Department of Justice)

At 1 constituent during the proceeding Tuesday, Lakanwal said done his interpreter, "I cannot unfastened my eyes. I person symptom successful my…"

D.C. Superior Court Magistrate Judge Renee Raymond chopped him disconnected astatine that point, and his defence lawyer said helium didn’t privation Lakanwal to accidental anything.

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Raymond ruled Lakanwal to beryllium held successful custody without enslaved pending further tribunal actions. 

Wolfe, 24, was wounded and continues to combat for his life. Beckstrom, 20, was killed. 

Attorney General Pam Bondi has said the Department of Justice intends to question the decease penalty.

National Guard members Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and Andrew Wolfe, 24, were changeable successful Washington, D.C., past Wednesday. Beckstrom died Thursday astatine a hospital. (United States Attorney's Office for the District of Columbia/Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images)

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Lakanwal had legally entered the U.S. successful September 2021 nether Operation Allies Welcome, the Biden administration’s Afghan evacuation and resettlement program. 

Fox News' Stephen Sorace, Jake Gibson, Jasmine Baehr, David Spunt, William Mears and Greg Wehner, on with The Associated Press, contributed to this report.