Unarmed Iranian American Shot in The Head by Police
Independent Aggregator of Iran-related News/Events, Kodoom.com: According to Washington Post, Iranian American accountant Bijan C. Ghaisar, 25, of McLean, Virginia who was shot in the head by U.S. Park Police died last night. Ghaisar was a graduate of Langley High School and Virginia Commonwealth University.
Park Police said they pursued Ghaisar's Jeep sport-utility vehicle on the evening of Nov. 17 because it had been involved in a hit-and-run accident on the George Washington Memorial Parkway in Alexandria, Virginia.
Ghaisar’s family said in a statement released to The Washington Post that Ghaisar was "peaceful and avidly anti-violence. He was unarmed. He presented no threat to anyone." Yet he was shot three times in the head and suffered irreversible brain damage. A witness told The Post last week that she saw two officers approach the Jeep and open fire at close range near Fort Hunt Road and Alexandria Avenue. Authorities have not said why the officers fired.
Negeen Ghaisar, Ghaisar’s older sister, said the family has been given no information about any aspect of the incident, from the reported hit-and-run to the shooting. "Nothing," she said.
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