{"id":7638,"date":"2026-01-13T20:38:22","date_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:38:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=7638"},"modified":"2026-01-13T20:38:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-13T20:38:22","slug":"authorities-name-suspect-in-horrific-attack-on-national-guard-members-in-d-c","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/?p=7638","title":{"rendered":"Authorities name suspect in horrific attack on National Guard Members in D.C."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"image-link\" href=\"https:\/\/notebook11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/589864836_122273662910226811_8918573209207730146_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"attachment-hitmag-featured size-hitmag-featured wp-post-image\" src=\"https:\/\/notebook11.store\/wp-content\/uploads\/2025\/11\/589864836_122273662910226811_8918573209207730146_n-500x400.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"500\" height=\"400\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<header class=\"entry-header\">\n<h1 class=\"entry-title\"><\/h1>\n<div class=\"entry-meta\"><\/div>\n<\/header>\n<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<div id=\"chapa-4057394607\" class=\"chapa-before-content\"><\/div>\n<p>Two West Virginia National Guard members were critically wounded after a gunman opened fire in Farragut Square, a busy area near the White House. Police say the attacker approached three guardsmen around 2:15 p.m. before shooting two of them. A third guardsman fired back and injured the suspect, who is now in custody.<\/p>\n<div class=\"code-block code-block-1\"><\/div>\n<div id=\"chapa-3510846183\" class=\"chapa-content-3\"><\/div>\n<p>President Donald Trump condemned the shooting as \u201ca heinous assault\u2014an act of evil, an act of hatred, and an act of terror.\u201d He also said, \u201cWe will ensure the individual responsible faces the steepest possible penalty.\u201d Trump announced tighter security screenings for Afghans who entered under Operation Allies Welcome.<\/p>\n<p>Officials identified the shooter as 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, an Afghan national who arrived in 2021 through the same programme. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem confirmed his immigration background and said he acted alone. Both wounded soldiers remain in critical condition.<\/p>\n<p>Operation Allies Welcome resettled about 76,000 Afghans who supported U.S. missions or faced threats after the Taliban takeover. Following the attack, Trump ordered a \u201cfull review\u201d of Afghan entrants, and immigration authorities temporarily paused new Afghan applications. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth will deploy 500 additional National Guard troops to Washington, D.C.<\/p>\n<p>Former Presidents Joe Biden and Barack Obama condemned the attack and offered support for the victims. Shawn VanDiver of #AfghanEvac urged against collective blame, saying, \u201cThis was one man\u2019s act of violence.\u201d National Guard officials stressed their focus on the wounded soldiers, their families, and continued security.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Two West Virginia National Guard members were critically wounded after a gunman opened fire in Farragut Square, a busy area near the White House. Police say the attacker approached three &hellip; <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7638","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blog"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7638","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7638"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7638\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":7639,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7638\/revisions\/7639"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7638"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7638"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/realnewsz13.store\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7638"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}