2026年6月16日 / 美国东部时间下午6:04 / 哥伦比亚广播公司新闻
联邦检察官周二对一名男子提起新的指控，该男子被指控在华盛顿特区枪杀一名国民警卫队成员并造成另一名警卫队成员重伤，若罪名成立，美国司法部有可能寻求判处其死刑。
拉赫曼乌拉·拉卡纳尔在一份替代起诉书中被追加八项罪名，包括杀害协助美国官员的人员，以及在造成死亡的暴力犯罪中开枪，这两项罪名均符合死刑适用条件。
华盛顿特区联邦大陪审团还单独认定，拉卡纳尔“故意杀害”了陆军特种部队士兵萨拉·贝克斯特伦，并企图杀害多人——这些因素是检察官寻求死刑判决的必要条件。
司法部在一份声明中表示，其死刑案件委员会将审查是否在拉卡纳尔的案件中寻求死刑。
拉卡纳尔还面临多项其他联邦谋杀未遂和枪支指控，以及根据华盛顿特区法律提出的一级谋杀、袭击和非法持有枪支指控。
他在周二的听证会上对所有罪名均不认罪。
他的律师未立即回应置评请求。
拉卡纳尔是阿富汗国民，被指控于去年11月在白宫附近几个街区外的伏击式枪击事件中杀害贝克斯特伦，并造成空军参谋长安德鲁·沃尔夫重伤。他还被指控企图杀害另外两名在袭击现场将其制服的身份不明的军人。
贝克斯特伦和沃尔夫均为西弗吉尼亚州国民警卫队成员，去年作为反犯罪行动的一部分被部署到华盛顿特区街头。
拉卡纳尔于2021年根据“盟友欢迎行动”获得假释进入美国，这是拜登政府时期的一项计划，旨在在美国从阿富汗混乱撤军以及塔利班重新掌权期间快速撤离和审查阿富汗国民。他后来申请了庇护，并于去年获批庇护申请，但他的绿卡申请仍在审理中，美国国土安全部一名官员此前告诉哥伦比亚广播公司新闻。
美国中央情报局发言人表示，拉卡纳尔在阿富汗期间曾与包括中央情报局在内的美国政府机构合作。哥伦比亚广播公司新闻此前曾报道，他曾领导一支与国际部队合作的阿富汗军事单位。
Alleged D.C. National Guard shooter could face death penalty as DOJ adds new charges
June 16, 2026 / 6:04 PM EDT / CBS News
Federal prosecutors filed new charges Tuesday against a man accused of fatally shooting one National Guard member and gravely injuring another in Washington, D.C., opening the door for the Justice Department to potentially seek the death penalty if he’s convicted.
Rahmanullah Lakanwal was charged with eight additional counts in a superseding indictment, including murder of a person assisting an officer of the United States and discharge of a firearm during a violent crime that causes death, both of which are death penalty-eligible.
A D.C.-based federal grand jury also separately found that Lakanwal “intentionally killed” Army Spc. Sarah Beckstrom and attempted to kill more than one person — factors that are necessary for prosecutors to seek the death penalty.
The Justice Department said in a statement its Capital Case Committee will review whether to seek the death penalty in Lakanwal’s case.
Lakanwal is facing several other federal attempted murder and firearm charges, along with first-degree murder, assault and gun possession charges under D.C. law.
He pleaded not guilty on all counts at a hearing Tuesday.
His attorney did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
Lakanwal — an Afghan national — is accused of killing Beckstrom and critically wounding Air Force Staff Sgt. Andrew Wolfe in an ambush-style shooting several blocks from the White House last November. He was also charged with attempting to kill two other unnamed service members who subdued him at the scene of the attack.
Beckstrom and Wolfe were members of the West Virginia National Guard who were deployed to the streets of D.C. last year as part of an anti-crime operation.
Lakanwal left Afghanistan and was paroled into the U.S. in 2021 under Operation Allies Welcome, a Biden-era program designed to quickly evacuate and vet Afghan nationals during the U.S. military’s chaotic withdrawal from the country and the Taliban’s return to power. He later applied for asylum, and his application was granted last year, though his application for a green card was still pending, a Department of Homeland Security official previously told CBS News.
While in Afghanistan, Lakanwal worked with the U.S. government, including the CIA, a spokesperson for the agency said. CBS News has reported that he led an Afghan military unit that worked with international forces.
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