BySiladitya Ray,
Forbes Staff.
The suspect in Wednesday’s shooting in Washington, D.C—which critically wounded two National Guard members—was identified as an Afghan man who worked with the U.S. during the war in Afghanistan, including work with the CIA, before coming to the U.S. under a Biden-era resettlement program in September 2021.
CIA Director John Ratcliffe said Thursday that the suspected shooter worked with CIA-backed military units in Afghanistan, multiple outlets reported.
While addressing the attacks on Wednesday night, President Donald Trump said the Department of Homeland Security is “confident that the suspect in custody is a foreigner who entered our country from Afghanistan, a hellhole on earth.”
