Advocate warned Afghan evacuee was 'not functional as a person' months before National Guard shooting

The Afghan antheral accused of shooting 2 National Guard members past week had been mentally declining for years, according to emails reviewed by The Associated Press that elaborate agelong stretches of isolation, escalating instability and abrupt cross-country trips that preceded the onslaught blocks from the White House.

The AP reported that 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal had drawn interest for months, with interviews and records showing him dropping retired of work, slipping into agelong periods of soundlessness and taking abrupt roadworthy trips up of the shooting.

One email cited by the AP warned that "Rahmanullah has not been functional arsenic a person, begetter and supplier since March of past year," describing however helium discontinue his job, unopen himself successful a "darkened room" for days and stopped responding adjacent to his woman and older children.

The emails showed that an advocator feared helium mightiness harm himself but said they ne'er saw signs suggesting helium mightiness go convulsive toward others.

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Undated record photograph of Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the fishy successful the shooting of 2 National Guard members successful Washington, D.C., Nov. 26, 2025. (Provided by Department of Justice)

The emails besides described however helium alternated betwixt "periods of acheronian isolation and reckless travel," including trips to Chicago, Arizona and yet Washington, D.C., soon earlier the shooting.

The swings reportedly intensified arsenic helium abandoned English classes, drifted successful and retired of short-term jobs and near his children arriving astatine schoolhouse unbathed oregon wearing the aforesaid apparel for days.

In 1 email cited by the AP, the advocator wrote that attempts to close people often "quickly evolved into ‘manic’ episodes for 1 oregon 2 weeks astatine a time, wherever helium volition instrumentality disconnected successful the household car, and thrust nonstop," leaving his woman to repeatedly negociate the fallout.

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Staff from the U.S. Committee for Refugees and Immigrants visited Bellingham successful March 2024 aft receiving the warnings, but the AP reported the effort led to nary meaningful interaction and near the advocator believing helium declined the organization’s help.

Authorities accidental his deterioration culminated the nighttime earlier Thanksgiving erstwhile helium allegedly opened occurrence adjacent the White House, sidesplitting West Virginia National Guard Specialist Sarah Beckstrom, 20, and critically injuring Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe, 24.

The shooting stunned Washington and raised caller questions astir however concerns stretching backmost much than a twelvemonth failed to punctual intervention.

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The FBI – led by FBI Director Kash Patel – continues to analyse imaginable motives, and investigators person not confirmed immoderate ideological influence, according to the AP.

Before arriving successful the U.S. successful 2021 nether Operation Allies Welcome, Lakanwal served successful a Zero Unit of the Afghan Army, a unit backed by the CIA.

Advocates moving with Afghan evacuees said immoderate erstwhile members of those units carried heavy trauma from years of conflict, though it remains unclear whether that past played a relation successful Lakanwal's behaviour successful the U.S.

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The advocator who sought assistance for him spoke connected information of anonymity and told the AP they were shocked to larn helium was the suspect, recalling moments erstwhile helium played mildly with his young sons contempt his mounting problems astatine home.

They are present cooperating with investigators arsenic authorities reappraisal his last months and see however the warnings acceptable into the broader failures preceding the shooting.

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Lakanwal has been charged with first-degree murder, and Wolfe remains hospitalized arsenic the probe continues.

The Associated Press contributed to this report.