Surveillance video captured the murder of 31-year-old Ahmad Yar in Washington D.C. on Monday. Yar was an interpreter for U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan and was driving for Lyft when he was shot and killed.
From Fox News:
The Metropolitan Police Department said in a press release that just after midnight Monday, officers responded to the 400 block of 11th Street, Northeast, for reports of an unconscious person.
When officers arrived, they found an adult man, later identified as 31-year-old Nasrat Ahmad Yar, of Alexandria, Virginia, who was the victim of a shooting inside a vehicle.
Emergency personnel responded to the scene and transported Ahmad Yar to an area hospital, and after failed attempts to save his life, he was pronounced dead.
CBS station WUSA in Washington, D.C., reported that Ahmad Yar served as an interpreter for the U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan. In 2021, he escaped with his wife and four children after the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban.
Video of the shooting below [CONTENT WARNING]:
31-year-old Lyft driver Ahmad Yar, who served as an interpreter for the US Army in Afghanistan, was shot and killed in DC on Monday night.
Here is surveillance video of the black teenage suspect yelling “he was reachin bro” after shooting him.
pic.twitter.com/NkzBSUUrgO— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 6, 2023
There is a GoFundMe page running for Yar’s family; they’ve raised more than $114,000 for his wife and four children.
“By donating to this cause, you become a beacon of hope for [Yar’s] family, ensuring that they can navigate the path ahead with the support and stability they desperately need,” the GoFundMe page says.
Ahmad Yar left behind a wife and four children.
Served the US in Afghanistan and came to America only to be shot and killed senselessly in our nation's capitol
Here is a verified GoFundMe for his family.https://t.co/DjrUZB7ju4
— Greg Price (@greg_price11) July 6, 2023
Outgoing Metropolitan Police Chief Robert Contee discussed the crime spike in Washington D.C. earlier this year.
“There are a lot more guns in our communities now, a lot more guns than what we experienced over the course of my time here in the police department,” Contee told CBS News.
“When you talk specifically about the violent crime, early in this year, we had a couple of cases where we saw individuals just shooting people, shooting each other for no reason,” Contee said.
