The suspect in the horrific shooting of two National Guard members in DC is expected to recover from his own injuries, setting up a criminal trial in the nation’s capital.
“I think the guy’s going to live. Nobody’s going to be able to say anything and he’s going to stand trial,” a law enforcement official told The Post, providing an update on the condition of alleged shooter Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29.
“I know that he underwent surgery the night it happened,” said the official, who noted that the trial process would require prosecutors to hold back information on Lakanwal, who allegedly fired on two West Virginia National Guard members just blocks from the White House on Nov. 26.
Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died on Thanksgiving, the day after the ambush.
A spokesperson for Joint Task Force — DC, which oversees the deployment, said Saturday there were no updates on the second Guard member, Andrew Wolfe.
He was in critical condition following the shooting.
US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Friday the government will bring charges of first-degree murder against the alleged gunman.
“There are certainly many more charges to come, but we are upgrading the initial charges of assault to murder in the first degree,” she said following the death of Beckstrom.
