BELLINGHAM, Wash. — An Afghan national who worked with the CIA in his native country and immigrated to the U.S. in 2021 drove from Bellingham, Washington , to shoot two West Virginia National Guard members deployed in Washington, D.C., just blocks from the White House, U.S. officials said Thursday.

The FBI was at a N State Street address in Bellingham overnight executing a search warrant and conducting interviews.

The suspect had worked in a special CIA-backed Afghan Army unit before emigrating from Afghanistan, according to a cousin who spoke to the Associated Press on condition of anonymity for fear of reprisals.

Jeanine Pirro, the U.S. attorney for the District of Columbia, declined to provide a motive for Wednesday afternoon's brazen act of violence, which comes as the presence

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