He fought for freedom and died over a parking lot.
The father of two baby daughters and an Afghan refugee who supported the American special troops in his native country was shot in Texas last Sunday after a dispute over a parking lot, the authorities and family said.
Abdul Rahman Waziri, who fled to the US to escape the Taliban, was killed in the parking lot of his apartment complex in West -Houston after a neighbor reportedly shot him several times, according to the Houston police.
“He came here to be safe, and here, when he came, this happened to him,” his brother, Abdullah Khan, told Eyewitness 13.
The alleged murderer confessed to agents that he had shot the other man after an argument “about parking”, Said Houston’s police.
Nevertheless, the shooter was allowed to run free without charges after being interrogated by the police, the police said.
His family calls for justice.
“We believe that this was a public execution. There is no other way to name it,” Omar Khawaja, a lawyer who represents the Waziri family, told the local news station.
The horrific incident started when Waziri had a fight with the neighbor about a parking space in the facades in the Richmond apartment complex at 3400 Ocean St., the authorities said.
Waziri had stopped to check his e -mail with the mailboxes of the complex when the shooter, whose identity was not released, became furious about where Waziri had parked, according to local reports.
Witnesses said they saw the suspect destroying Waziri’s car, and then the fight broke out, Khawaja said.
After the fight was over, the shooter would have picked up his gun and deadly Scot Waziri several timesAccording to Khawaja and the police.
“After the exchange of words has already passed and Mr. Waziri is walking back to his car, the shooter grabs a gun and kills him. He performs him in cool blood,” said the lawyer Eyewitness 13.
The police, who evaluates surveillance images of the incident, was called on the spot and discovered the father’s body with several shot wounds that lay next to a white Toyota Camry.
The 31-year-old husband and father were rushed to the Benub General Hospital, but could not be saved.
The shooter turned to the police and surrendered his gun. He was fascinated by the police who placed “handbags” on both hands to retain forensic evidence after a shooting, According to images taken by KPRC.
“While officers were investigating the shooting, they were approached by a man who stated that he was the shooter and explained that he and the deceased man argued about parking,” the police said.
The public prosecutor of Harris County refused to accuse the shooter, according to the Houston police. He was released and lives back in the apartment complex, according to reports.
“Everyone was afraid that if the murderer lives among us, he killed someone yesterday and he was back here today,” Omer Yousafzai, an Afghan community leader, told Eyewitness News 13.
Waziri was a former member of the security forces of Afghanistan who worked with American troops in Afghanistan for seven years, according to a GoFundMe campaign set up in its name.
“After he was brave, Abdul Rahman came to the United States in search of a better and safer life for himself and his family,” the campaign that raised money to send his body back to the States of Afghanistan. “Tragically enough, his life was demolished when he was killed for no reason.”
The Waziri family, together with disturbing members of the community, protested on Friday outside a police station in Houston and stopped signs in which it was called for justice.
They demanded the police the shooter and asked for a new investigation into what they called the meaningless murder of a man they call a war hero.
“No good research has been done,” said Khawaja.
Members of the community saw the heroic deeds of Waziri while looking for justice.
“He was a hero,” said Nisar Momand, another leader in the Afghan American community, according to KPRC. “He served for many years alongside American special troops in Afghanistan and risked his life to protect the liberties that we appreciate today.”
Waziri worked on several dangerous initiatives with American troops in Afghanistan before he left his home country, his brother said.
“He carried out a number of dangerous missions,” Khan told KPRC 2 News. “He was the main character in the mission when they performed the operation.”
The police continue to investigate the shooting.
A request for comment sent to the office of the Harris County District Attorney was not returned on Sunday evening.
