Overview
- Federal filings add first-degree premeditated murder while armed and multiple firearms counts, including transporting a stolen gun and receiving a firearm in interstate commerce with intent to commit a felony.
- Prosecutors say the weapon was a stolen .357 Smith & Wesson revolver obtained in Washington state, with allegations that the suspect bought ammunition and searched for Washington, D.C., and the White House before driving cross-country.
- Security footage described in court records shows the gunman running toward the intersection near the White House and opening fire before a Guardsman returned fire and another tackled him as he tried to reload.
- Spc. Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died a day after the Nov. 26 attack, and Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24, has shown significant improvement and moved from acute care to inpatient rehabilitation.
- Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, an Afghan national who arrived in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome and previously worked with U.S. partner forces including the CIA, remains in custody and has pleaded not guilty in D.C. proceedings.