Two National Guard members remained in critical condition Thursday after being shot the day before in Washington, D.C. The motives of the 29-year-old suspected shooter, who had been living in Bellingham, remain unclear.
Here’s what we know:
The victims
The two National Guard members remained in critical condition after they were shot Wednesday afternoon a few blocks from the White House. They were identified as Andrew Wolfe, 24, and Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and are members of the West Virginia National Guard.
Beckstrom’s father told The New York Times that she had a “mortal wound” and was unlikely to recover.
The suspect
Rahmanullah Lakanwal, a 29-year-old Afghan man, was also badly wounded and taken into custody on Wednesday.
Lakanwal was living in Bellingham with his wife and five chi

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