The man accused of shooting two National Guard members, killing one, in Washington, DC, in 2025 has been admitted to a city hospital after he refused to eat and sometimes drink in jail as he awaits trial.
During an emergency hearing Thursday, DC federal Judge Amit Mehta said Rahmanullah Lakanwal’s “health has deteriorated quite substantially.”
“Mr. Lakanwal’s health circumstances,” Mehta said, “is in some sense self-inflicted.”
Mehta added that Lakanwal has refused food and “sometimes water.”
According to prosecutors, Lakanwal was admitted to George Washington University Hospital at midnight. They say they were advised by the US Marshal Service of general health issues the defendant faced two weeks ago.
