The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members in Washington, killing one, will face first-degree murder charges for an attack that prompted US President Donald Trump to declare he would stop migrants from “Third World Countries.”

US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said on Fox News on Friday that other charges would be filed against 29-year-old Rahmanullah Lakanwal, who she said ambushed the soldiers from the West Virginia National Guard near the White House on Wednesday.

Formal charges were not immediately filed against Lakanwal, who had been in the US since 2021 under a programme of then-president Joe Biden’s administration to resettle Afghans who helped the US during the war in their homeland. He was granted asylum under Trump.

In a call on Thursday’s Thanksgiving holiday with US military service members, Trump said the shootings were a “terrorist attack”.

Sarah Beckstrom, 20, died of her wounds on Thursday.

Her National Guard colleague, 24-year-old Andrew Wolfe, was in critical condition, Pirro said on Friday.

The two were in Washington as part of Trump’s deployment of the military in recent months to help the police fight crime in the city.

On Friday morning, following the national holiday, notably fewer National Guard members were seen patrolling the capital.

Trump uses autopen to rescind Biden’s order

On Friday, Trump posted again on social media to say he was rescinding any document that Biden signed using an autopen, a tool that US presidents, including Trump, have used for decades, often to answer mail or sign checks, or sometimes to meet authorisation deadlines while travelling outside the capital.

After taking office in 2021, Biden reversed many of the restrictive immigration policies of Trump’s first term, saying they blocked people in need of humanitarian protection and were discriminatory.

Asked about Trump’s comment on “Third World” countries, the US Department of Homeland Security referred Reuters to 19 countries listed in a June travel ban.

Shooting prompts sweeping reviews

Lakanwal entered the US in 2021 through Biden’s Operation Allies Welcome.

More than 70,000 Afghans have been resettled in the US under the programme for those fearing reprisal by the Taliban forces, who seized control of Afghanistan after the US military’s withdrawal.

Officials said Lakanwal was part of a CIA-backed unit in Afghanistan before coming to the US.

He was granted asylum this year under Trump, according to a US government file on him seen by Reuters.

Investigators said Lakanwal drove across the country from his home in the state of Washington and shot the two Guardsmen with a powerful revolver, a .357 Magnum, before being wounded in an exchange of gunfire with other troops.

Less than 24 hours after the shooting, Trump officials began ordering widespread reviews of immigration policies.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said on Friday he would be proposing regulations to ensure that people he referred to as “illegal aliens” do not receive certain credits on income tax they have paid.

The tax code is set by Congress, which already limits what kind of benefits, if any, non-citizens are eligible to seek.

Lakanwal lives in Washington state with his wife and five children, according to investigators.

Asked whether he was planning to deport the suspect’s family, Trump said: “We’re looking at the whole situation with family.”