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Afghan national Rahmanullah Lakanwal, accused of shooting two National Guard members, had been deteriorating for years, with cycles of isolation, emails show.

Community members reached out for help after becoming concerned that he was so depressed he might harm himself, emails obtained by the AP show.

Homeland Security officials say he was radicalized since arriving in the U.S., but those who worked with him say they saw no signs of impending violence.

The Afghan man accused of shooting two National Guard members in the nation’s capital last week had been unraveling for years, unable to hold a job and flipping between long, lightless stretches of isolation and taking sudden weeks-

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