Afghan refugee who worked alongside US troops killed over a parking spot in Texas: cops

He fought for freedom and died over a parking spot. The father of two infant daughters and an Afghan refugee who supported American special forces in his native country was shot dead in Texas last Sunday after a dispute over a parking space, authorities and family said. Abdul Rahman Waziri, who fled to the US to escape the Taliban, was killed in the parking lot of his west Houston apartment complex after a neighbor allegedly shot him multiple times at around 9:15 p.m., according to 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 killer confessed to cops that he had shot the other man following an argument “over parking,” Houston police said.

Yet, the gunman was allowed to walk free without charges after he was questioned by police, cops said.His family is calling for justice.

“We believe this was a public execution.There’s no other way to call it,” Omar Khawaja, an attorney representing Waziri’s family, told the local news station.The horrifying incident began when Waziri got into an argument with the neighbor over a parking space in the Gables at Richmond apartment complex on 3400 Ocean St., authorities said. Waziri had pulled up to check his mail at the complex’s mailboxes when the shooter, whose identity has not been released, became incensed about where Waziri had parked, according to local reports. Witnesses said they saw the suspect vandalizing Waziri’s car, and then the fight broke out, Khawaja said.After the fight ended, the shooter allegedly retrieved his gun and fatally shot Waziri several times, according to Khawaja and police. “After the altercation is already over and Mr.

Waziri is walking back to his car, the shooter grabs a gun and murders him.He executes him in cold blood,” the lawyer told Eyewitness 13. Police, who are reviewing surveillance footage of the incident, were called to the scene and discovered the father�...