Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, who allegedly shot and killed Sarah Beckstrom and injured Andrew Wolfe, who remains in critical condition, yelled “Allahu akbar” during the attack, the New York Post reported, citing court documents.
An affidavit filed on Tuesday in D.C. Superior Court, which the Post shared, alleges that a major in the Army National Guard of West Virginia was talking with the two victims when “he heard gunshots and saw complainants Beckstrom and Wolfe fall to the ground.”
The major “simultaneously” saw the “defendant, subsequently identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, shooting a gun and screaming, ‘Allahu akbar!’” according to the court documents.
The defendant also “appeared to be in the middle of reloading when he was shot and taken into custody,” per the Post.
