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 decide 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 in the course of the incident.
Lakanwal was sporting a hospital robe and was mendacity in a hospital mattress, coated in a blanket, in the course of 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 a criminal offense of violence.
Lakanwal pleaded not responsible to the costs by a court-appointed legal professional.
At one level in the course of the listening to, Lakanwal, talking in Pashtu, stated by the interpreter, “I can not open my eyes, I’ve ache in my ear.”
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