Names Of Officers Who Shot Bijan Ghaisar Released

MCLEAN, VA—The names of the two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot Bijan Ghaisar have been released. The officers—Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard—were identified as part of the Ghaisar family's wrongful death lawsuit related to the fatal Nov. 17, 2017 shooting.

The family filed an updated complaint, which names the two officers as defendants. The lawsuit states that Fairfax County Police identified the officers after receiving a subpoena. Legal representation for U.S. Park Police confirmed the identities of the officers.

"Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard were the two out-of-control officers who aggressively pursued Bijan that night in November 2017 until they cornered him and shot at him nine times — execution style — as he sat unarmed in his Jeep," the Ghaisar family said in a statement. "Since that night, the DOJ and USPP repeatedly denied our attempts to find out who they were until we convinced a court to order them to provide this information to us."

According to the lawsuit, Amaya and Vinyard pursued Ghaisar's car on the George Washington Memorial Parkway after he fled from a hit-and-run in which his car was struck. The lawsuit alleges Ghaisar stopped several times, and the two officers approached with their guns pointed at him. During the final stop in Fort Hunt, the family says the officers fired nine shots at the unarmed Ghaisar.

Ghaisar, a 25-year-old accountant from McLean, was struck in the head by four bullets and died in the hospital 10 days later. The family says in the lawsuit government officials have not explained why officers pursued and shot Ghaisar.

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According to the Washington Post, the Justice Department has not decided on whether to charge the officers. The officers were placed on administrative leave after the shooting.

The FBI has been investigating the shooting for over a year but have not provided major updates on the investigation. Fairfax County Police previously released in-car police cruiser video of the shooting and reports indicating Ghaisar was unarmed.

The family and supporters marked 500 days since the shooting by gathering outside the Department of Justice Monday.