Suspect in National Guard Attack Struggled with 'Dark Isolation' as Community Raised Concerns

The Associated Press
11:19 JST,
December 1, 2025
The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members blocks from the White House had been unraveling for years, unable to hold a job and flipping between long, lightless stretches of isolation and taking sudden weekslong cross-country drives. Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s behavior deteriorat...
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