Washington DC Lyft driver shot and killed as suspects caught on camera fleeing scene

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 July 6, 2023 9:25pm EDT
Washington DC Lyft driver shot and killed as suspects caught on camera fleeing scene
Lyft driver Nasrat Ahmad Yar, 31, served as an interpreter for U.S. Special Forces in Afghanistan

By Greg Wehner | Fox News


Nasrat Ahmad Yar, 31, of Alexandria, Va., was driving a Lyft in Washington, D.C., on Monday, when he was shot and killed. (FOX 5 Washington DC via GoFundMe)

A Northern Virginia man finishing up a late-night shift of driving for the rideshare company Lyft, was shot in Washington, D.C., just after midnight Monday, and police are asking for the public’s help in identifying a suspect seen on video fleeing the scene.

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.

Ahmad Yar’s wife told the news station that she wanted him to come home after a night with friends, but because rent was due soon, he was determined to keep working. Moments later, he was shot and killed.

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An Afghan man who spent years helping US forces in Afghanistan is shot and killed in Washington
Jul 7, 2023, 3:22 PM | Updated: 4:51 pm
 
Mohammad Ahmadi poses for a portrait in Alexandria, Va., Friday, July 7, 2023, while holding a phone showing a digital photograph of his relative Nasrat Ahmad Yar who was shot and killed on July 3, in Washington, while working as a ride-share driver. Ahmad Yar was an Afghan immigrant who'd worked as an interpreter for the U.S. military in Afghanistan. (AP Photo/Serkan Gurbuz)
 
BY ASSOCIATED PRESS
WASHINGTON (AP) — At 31 years old, Nasrat Ahmad Yar had spent most of his adult life working with the U.S. military in Afghanistan before escaping to America in search of a better life for his wife and four children.

He found work as a ride-share driver and even managed to send money back to Afghanistan to help family and friends. He liked to play volleyball with friends in the Washington suburb where many Afghans who fled their country now live. At 6 feet 5 inches, he had a powerful serve.

On Monday night, worried about making rent, he went out driving and was shot and killed in Washington. No suspects have been arrested, but surveillance video captured the sound of a single gunshot and four boys or young men were seen running away. Police have offered a $25,000 reward for information leading to an arrest.

https://ksltv.com/565774/an-afghan-man-who-spent-years-helping-us-forces-in-afghanistan-is-shot-and-killed-in-washington/