{"id":54860,"date":"2025-11-28T16:55:10","date_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:55:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/54860\/"},"modified":"2025-11-28T16:55:10","modified_gmt":"2025-11-28T16:55:10","slug":"horrific-new-footage-shows-hero-national-guardsman-open-fire-on-afghan-gunman-suspect","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/54860\/","title":{"rendered":"Horrific new footage shows hero National Guardsman open fire on Afghan gunman suspect"},"content":{"rendered":"

Disturbing new footage shows the moment a hero National Guard member<\/a> opened fire on the suspected Afghan terrorist<\/a> \u2014 just moments after the alleged gunman ambushed two troops<\/a> in a broad daylight attack.<\/p>\n

The suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, could be seen brazenly wielding his gun as he fired rounds at the National Guard members in Washington, DC, on Thanksgiving eve, according to a series of live photos obtained by the Wall Street Journal<\/a>.<\/p>\n

A photo from the video of the alleged terrorist with a weapon and National Guard members returning fire. Obtained by the Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n

A male guard can be seen with a weapon during the incident. Obtained by the Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n

At one point, a male guard can be seen running down the street as he frantically tries to reload his own weapon.<\/p>\n

Moments later, images captured by a witness showed the two guards \u2014 Sarah Beckstrom, 20<\/a>, and Andrew Wolfe, 24<\/a> \u2014 slumped over on the street.<\/p>\n

A male guard can be seen running down the street as he frantically tries to reload his own weapon. Obtained by the Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n

Images showed the two guards slumped over on the street. Obtained by the Wall Street Journal<\/p>\n

Beckstrom tragically died of her injuries on Thursday night, while Wolfe is still clinging to life.<\/p>\n

Investigators had already reviewed footage from the scene that showed the assailant barreling around the corner and immediately firing at the troops on Wednesday afternoon.<\/p>\n

Follow the latest on the National Guard shooting in Washington, DC: <\/p>\n

Police confirmed one Guard member had exchanged gunfire with the shooter amid the chaos.<\/p>\n

Troops were then able to run over and pin the gunman down as he was taken into custody.<\/p>\n

National Guard member Sarah Beckstrom died from her injuries after being shot Wednesday. Joint Force Headquarters \u2013 West Virginia National Guard<\/p>\n

Alleged terrorist Rahmanullah Lakanwal\u00a0is accused of Wednesday\u2019s shooting. FBI<\/p>\n

Dramatic footage shows National Guard members down after being shot Wednesday. Elizabeth Gomes via Storyful<\/p>\n

The suspect, who was treated for non-life-threatening wounds, was initially\u00a0facing charges of assault<\/a>\u00a0with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence over the bloodshed.<\/p>\n

In the wake of Beckstrom\u2019s death, US Attorney for DC Jeanine Pirro announced Friday the charges would be upgraded to first-degree murder.<\/p>\n

\u201cWhat happened at that crime is unmistakable. It is a premeditated murder. There was an ambush with a gun toward people who didn\u2019t know it was coming,\u201d Pirro said on Fox News\u2019 \u201cFox & Friends.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a case that has touched the hearts of so many Americans \u2026 to be gunned down on the streets on the nation\u2019s holiday is an outrage \u2014 and the individual who did this will pay the ultimate price.\u201d<\/p>\n

\u201cAs well he should, when and if a jury returns a verdict that we will be seeking.\u201d<\/p>\n

Attorney General Pam Bondi had already vowed to pursue the death penalty against the suspect.<\/p>\n

Investigators are still trying to determine a motive for the attack.Lakanwal came to the US four years ago after\u00a0serving in a CIA-backed elite Afghan commando \u201cZero Unit.\u201d<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Disturbing new footage shows the moment a hero National Guard member opened fire on the suspected Afghan terrorist…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":54861,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[30062,5435,9,11,10,3980,3694,58,8093],"class_list":["post-54860","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-new-york","tag-dc-national-guard-shooting-2025","tag-national-guard","tag-new-york","tag-new-york-headlines","tag-new-york-news","tag-shootings","tag-terrorism","tag-us-news","tag-washington-dc"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54860","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=54860"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/54860\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/54861"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=54860"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=54860"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-ny\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=54860"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}