WASHINGTON — The man accused of shooting two members of the National Guard — one fatally — in Washington last week entered a plea of not guilty on Tuesday, appearing in court remotely from a hospital bed.

The initial appearance in Washington was a first step in the government’s efforts to prosecute Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29, a refugee from Afghanistan, days after the death of one of the National Guard members he is accused of shooting. Since the shooting, the Trump administration has seized on the attack to propose an extraordinary ban on legal immigration, barring people from much of the world from entering the United States.

Appearing in the District of Columbia’s local city court, prosecutors said they would charge Lakanwal with first-degree murder, assault and two additional weapons c

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