Rahmanullah Lakanwal, the 29-year-old Afghan nationwide accused of shooting two West Virginia National Guard members, killing one, in Washington, D.C., has been formally charged with homicide.
Lakanwal, of Bellingham, Washington, appeared earlier than a choose remotely on Tuesday from his hospital mattress, the place he’s recovering from gunshot wounds he suffered when one other Nationwide Guard member shot him throughout the incident.
Lakanwal was carrying a hospital robe and was mendacity in a hospital mattress, lined in a blanket, throughout the distant court docket look.
By means of a Pashtu interpreter, Lakanwal was charged with one rely of homicide, two counts of assault with the intent to kill, and one rely of possession of a firearm throughout against the law of violence.
Lakanwal pleaded not responsible to the costs by means of a court-appointed legal professional.
At one level throughout the listening to, Lakanwal, talking in Pashtu, stated by means of the interpreter, “I can’t open my eyes, I’ve ache in my ear.”
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