DC terror suspect Rahmanullah Lakanwal will have charges upgraded to murder

The suspected Afghan terrorist accused of executing one National Guard soldier and leaving another clinging to life will now face upgraded murder charges, US Attorney for the District of Columbia Jeanine Pirro said Friday.

Pirro vowed to ensure the suspect, Rahmanullah Lakanwal, would pay the “ultimate price” over the ambush attack that left 20-year-old Sarah Beckstrom dead and her fellow Guardsman, Andrew Wolfe, 24, critically wounded.

“There are certainly many more charges to come, but we are upgrading the initial charges of assault, to murder in the first degree,” Pirro told “Fox & Friends.”

Prior to Beckstrom succumbing to her wounds on Thursday night, the crazed suspect was already facing charges of assault with intent to kill while armed and possession of a firearm during a crime of violence in the wake of the bloodshed.

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“What happened at that crime is unmistakable. It is a premeditated murder. There was an ambush with a with a gun toward people who didn’t know it was coming.”

“This is a case that has touched the hearts of so many Americans… to be gunned down on the streets on the nation’s holiday is an outrage — and the individual who did this will pay the ultimate price,” Pirro added.