Washington, D.C
Former District Dogs employee arrested in death of 5-month-old puppy
A former employee of a District Dogs day care was arrested on felony animal cruelty charges for allegedly kicking and killing a 5-month-old puppy earlier this year, authorities say.
Adriano Demorais, 33, was arrested Tuesday, the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia said.
Demorais was feeding dogs at the day care’s Navy Yard location on the morning of Feb. 16, when he forcefully kicked “Bronny,” a mountain-cur/German shepard mix, according to the attorney’s office.
Prosecutors said Bronny collapsed seconds after Demorais kicked the puppy in the left side of the stomach. The dog was transported to a nearby veterinary facility but could not be revived, District Dogs previously said.
Demorais admitted to kicking Bronny out of frustration over the puppy being too energetic while he was trying to feed the dogs, the attorney’s office said. District Dogs fired Demorais after the incident.
A necropsy, similar to an autopsy for humans, confirmed Bronny’s cause of death was blunt abdominal trauma with subsequent hemorrhagic shock.
If convicted, Demorais faces up to five years in prison.
The suspected shooter of two national guard members in Washington DC on Wednesday worked with CIA-backed military units during the US war in Afghanistan, the agency has confirmed.
The alleged gunman, identified as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, came to the US in September 2021 under an Operation Allies Welcome program that gave some Afghans who had worked for the US government entry visas to the US.
Lakanwal’s ties to the Central Intelligence Agency, which worked alongside US special forces in Afghanistan, were confirmed by the CIA director, John Ratcliffe, to media outlets on Wednesday evening.
The New York Times reported that the shooting suspect had worked for several US government agencies in Afghanistan, including a CIA-backed unit in the southern province of Kandahar, a stronghold of the Taliban.
“The Biden administration justified bringing the alleged shooter to the United States in September 2021 due to his prior work with the US government, including CIA,” Ratcliffe told Fox News digital, adding that Lakanwal’s involvement with the agency was “as a member of a partner force in Kandahar, which ended shortly following the chaotic evacuation”.
US Citizenship and Immigration Services said after the shooting that it has stopped processing residency applications from Afghan nationals.
“Effective immediately, processing of all immigration requests relating to Afghan nationals is stopped indefinitely pending further review of security and vetting protocols,” the agency said on social media.
Following the shooting, Donald Trump ordered 500 additional national guard troops to Washington. The president described the shooting as an “act of terror” and called immigration “the single greatest national security threat facing our nation”.
Topline
Multiple people including at least two National Guard members were shot in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday, according to Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem, leaving the troops in critical condition and the suspect injured.
At least one National Guard soldier was shot in Washington, D.C. on Wednesday.
Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP
Key Facts
CNN noted “several people” were shot Wednesday in Washington, with AP reporting a suspect in custody was also shot and has injuries not believed to be life-threatening.
President Donald Trump said both National Guard troops were “critically wounded” and transported to separate hospitals, calling the shooting suspect an “animal.”
The Metropolitan Police Department reported a shooting Wednesday afternoon at 17th and I streets NW, just blocks from the White House.
This is a developing story. Check back for updates.
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