If you were writing an article, how would you describe the gunman and this event?

Charlie Kirk's killer.. News focused on kirk, didn't Villify people sharing the characteristics of the shooter.

That just made me think, How terribly convenient for them. And so close by too. It's perfect, a perfect tragedy to exploit.

... a fair trial before the hanging? I personally believe in due process.

We don't know what the motive is. Even if he used the phrase most associated with Muslim terrorist acts, though at its basis is not that at all (the term, sans any other context, merely reflects a phrase meaning ‘God is most great’, used by Muslims in prayers and as a general declaration of faith or thanksgiving.

So, then after even the most minimal time to get the facts--all the facts-- of who this person is, what had been happening in his life--what he told others--what groups he might be associated with, etc. Only then should published writings try to attribute interpretation and motive.

What MIGHT be an alternative explanation? Well, what immediately comes to mind is the fact that Trump has ended the protections afforded to Afghans who came here after having worked with and to protect our troops--thereby making them enemies to the Taliban should they return. Perhaps this is a direct impact on this man or his family. A lot of people have trouble accepting that the US does not honor promises--even after some put their lives on the line for them.

Maybe he is acting only out of response to hatred published online, and there is no mitigating issue that might explain his motivation. But, we sure as hell don't know now, do we?

He might have gotten Asylum, but friends or family members (like parents or siblings) who came over with him or he's now associating with might not "qualify" and risk being sent back.

Well, if true/accurate that’s about as bad as it can get and expect the reprehensible racist, bigoted, hateful right to respond as expected.

That is all

Came in under Biden, Asylum granted April of 2025 -- Trump's second term in office.

Am I wrong?

Is the OP trying to say we'll be hearing a false storyline from the Right? If so, they should be more clear that is their intent IMHO.

1) he was a jihadist or 2) he worked for the US Army in Afghanistan and feared he would be deported by Trump back to Afghanistan, where he would be killed.

We don’t know yet.

Specifically how would shooting two national guard members on busy downtown DC street in the middle of the day address his fear that he would be deported back to afghanistan?

an Afghani might harbor ill will toward the US military? It's not like we didn't spend 20 years fighting and killing there.

To include all of the facts.

Would that be considered a legal act of armed warfare, and the perpetrator therefore entitled to Prisoner of War status?

Since the attack was on uniformed service members, how does the law of war apply?

Do the two wounded military members qualify for the Purple Heart?

from Afghanistan would have a bad feeling towards the US military.

Usually asylum seekers fear for their lives in their home country. That's why they don't want to stay. Don't know if this person is one of them, but there were Afghanis who helped the US military as translators and guides. They'd be considered an enemy inside of Afghanistan making staying there very dangerous for them.

He just gave reason for trump to say he's right to check all of Biden's asylum grants and to revoke their visas and hunt them down and deport them. The fact that trump approved the visa isn't going to mean anything. He will leverage this.

Things are about to increase by 100s of degrees.

He was granted asylum under Trump.

Are all mostly trans and furries, it's like axiomatic.

I saw that on X.

Just read the report on ABC website

He wasn't going to run away.

He didn't do anything prior to this bullshit trump stunt.

Expect Trump to make a million calls to fire the mayor of DC and deploy a thousand troops.

They’re the ones who let him in. 🤷‍♂️

through Operation Allies Welcome, one of them sadly flipped out.

A reasonable person would conclude the vetting process needs to be improved, but there should be no further action taken

and a bunch of young men got in .

Rhetorical statement . . . . . .