Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem said that authorities believe the suspected shooter who they say opened fire on National Guardsmen in Washington, D.C., last week might have been radicalized after he arrived in the United States.
The suspected gunman, 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal , is accused of firing at two National Guard members, 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom and 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, on Wednesday afternoon.
Lakanwal -- an Afghan national who worked with the CIA during the U.S. war in Afghanistan -- came to the U.S. after Afghanistan's government fell to the Taliban in 2021 and was granted asylum in April of this year.
"He was brought into the country by the Biden administration through Operation Allies Welcome. And then, maybe vetted after that, but not done well

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