D.C. shooting suspect faces first-degree murder charge after Guard member dies

• Pirro said Thursday that initial charges would likely include three counts of assault with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence. However, she also said that she would seek murder charges if the victims died.

Context: Two National Guard members from West Virginia, Andrew Wolfe and Sarah Beckstrom, were shot on Wednesday in Washington, D.C., near the White House.

• Beckstrom, 20, died on Thursday.

Zoom in: The suspect, 29, is an Afghan national who officials said previously worked with the CIA.

• He was believed to live with his wife and five children in Bellingham, Washington.
• He entered the country through a Biden-era program designed to assist vulnerable Afghan nationals.

Zoom out: Attorney General Pam Bondi vowed to seek the death penalty for the suspect if one of the victims died.

• Trump — who has insisted on the death penalty for all murders in D.C. — said the suspect would pay "the steepest possible price."
• Republicans ramped up anti-immigrant rhetoric following the shooting, and the Trump administration suspended all immigration applications from Afghan nationals.

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