The Houston man who gunned down an Afghan refugee rushed towards him moments earlier than opening fireplace, after which casually walked away after killing the father-of-two, his livid household informed The Submit.
Video obtained by The Submit seems to point out the gunman — who claimed he killed Abdul Rahman Waziri in self protection and has not been charged or publicly named — saunter away from the scene, Waziri’s brother Abdullah Khan mentioned.
Waziri’s relations consider the video is proof that the killer was the aggressor in a dispute over a parking spot on the residence advanced the place each males lived.
They are saying that the gunman needs to be arrested and charged.
“I will not stay silent. I want this guy to be behind bars,” Khan mentioned, including that he noticed the dreadlocked killer coldly stroll previous him as he was cleansing up his brother’s blood the day after the capturing.
A heartbroken group of Inexperienced Berets who fought side-by-side with Waziri are additionally slamming the choice calling for “justice for our brother.”
Waziri, who fled to the US to flee the Taliban after working with American troops, was killed on April 27 as he pulled his automobile over within the parking zone of his west Houston residence advanced to test his mail.
However the Harris County District Legal professional’s workplace declined to press prices, forcing native cops to let the killer go.
A spokesperson for the DA’s workplace informed The Submit they’re “still waiting on additional information from investigators before making a charging decision,” however wouldn’t say whether or not or not they’ve reviewed the video of the incident.
In keeping with the household’s account of the video — which was taken by a surveillance digital camera on the residence advanced, the gunman grew to become offended after pulling behind Waziri’s automobile as he stopped to get the mail.
The killer was noticed by witnesses vandalizing Waziri’s automobile earlier than the combat broke out, mentioned the sufferer’s household lawyer, Omar Khawaja.
Waziri’s household mentioned the video reveals the shooter’s ft operating towards Waziri — earlier than he allegedly retrieved a gun and fatally shot the Afghan man a number of occasions.
The video doesn’t present the capturing as a result of it’s obscured by a carport.
After the capturing, the gunman may be seen strolling away — earlier than returning on the cellphone, in keeping with the household.
Cops have been later referred to as to the scene, the place they discovered Waziri’s physique with a number of gunshot wounds mendacity subsequent to his white Toyota Camry.
The 31-year-old husband and father was rushed to Ben Taub Common Hospital earlier than he was declared useless.
The shooter admitted to cops on the scene that “he was the shooter” and that he was underneath menace on the time, Houston police mentioned.
Officers confiscated his firearm on the scene and handcuffed the alleged shooter earlier than reducing him unfastened, in keeping with footage taken by KPRC.
He was finally kicked out of the residence advanced, the household mentioned.
“We came here to be safe, but here is also ridiculous. Someone could come and kill you just for not moving your car,” Waziri’s brother Khan informed The Submit.
Inexperienced Beret Ben Hoffman informed The Submit that, “Abdul Rahman was literally willing to lay down his life for us – for us, for Americans.”
He added: “He was a lion. He was a warrior. He was a hero,” mentioned Hoffman, describing Waziri as a “peacemaker.”
Retired Particular Forces Inexperienced Beret Chris Wells helped petition the US authorities to grant Waziri a particular visa for helping US troops, however “to have him come here and get shot to death over a parking spot” was “completely disheartening,” he mentioned.
