A father of two died in Texas after an argument over a parking spot, and his alleged killer is still at large.
A 31-year-old man was shot and killed outside his Houston apartment at 9:15 p.m. local time on April 27, according to a news release from the Houston Police Department (HPD). Click 2 Houston and ABC 13 Eyewitness News identified the victim as Abdul Rahman Waziri.
“Officers responded to a report of a shooting in progress in an apartment complex parking lot and discovered the man lying next to a white Toyota Camry. According to police, the male was shot multiple times before being transported to Ben Taub General Hospital, where he was pronounced dead.
“As officers were investigating the shooting, they were approached by a male who claimed to be the shooter and explained that he and the deceased male had argued over parking. Officers recovered the firearm and obtained the male’s statement about the shooting,” they added.
The alleged shooter, whose identity has not been made public, was released after the incident.
Witnesses told ABC 13 that the alleged shooter vandalized Waziir’s car before the two argued.
Omar Khawaja, an attorney for Waziri’s family, told the outlet, “After the altercation is over and Mr. Waziri is walking back to his car, the shooter grabs a gun and murders him.” “He kills him in cold blood.”
According to a GoFundMe page, Waziri served with the United States Army in Afghanistan for seven years before moving to the United States with his wife and two children in search of a “better and safer life.”
His community is now urging the HPD to arrest the alleged shooter and conduct a full investigation into the incident.
“The whole community is thinking, if this is happening to us, then what should we do?” Omar Yousafza informed Click 2 Houston.
According to the outlet, Waziri’s family stated that the alleged shooter remained in the apartment “for days” after the incident, instilling fear in the residents.
“Even the neighborhood, everyone was scared of him,” Waziri’s brother told Click 2 Houston. “He came here to be safe, but here is not safe for nobody.”
Attorney Kawaja told the outlet, “There has not been a proper investigation to determine who saw and heard what at the scene. Self-defense constitutes an affirmative defense. You cannot provoke an incident and then claim self-defense.”
