US EditionVirginia Police Release Bodycam Footage of Former Afghan Military Interpreter Opening Fire on Police
- Fairfax County police released bodycam footage showing Jamal Wali, a former Afghan interpreter, opening fire during a traffic stop on April 23, 2025.
- The traffic stop occurred because Wali’s vehicle had an expired inspection tag, and he immediately became agitated, refusing to identify himself or provide registration.
- Wali announced he was armed, shouted aggressive remarks including a statement about regretting not joining the Taliban, and attempted to grab his weapon despite officers warning him not to.
- Wali fired at two officers, hitting both in the arm with the same bullet, before a passenger-side officer returned fire, striking and critically wounding Wali, who later died at a hospital.
- The Fairfax Police described the incident as an attempted homicide, and the footage highlights a rapid escalation from a routine stop to a deadly confrontation with non-life-threatening injuries to officers.
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Driver exclaims ‘I should have served with f–king Taliban’ moments before fatal traffic-stop shootout with police: bodycam footage
Jamal Wali, 36, pulled out his gun and open fire on officers during a routine traffic stop in Fairfax, Virginia, police bodycam footage showed.
Muslim Man Ranting About The Taliban During A Traffic Stop In Fairfax Opens Fire On Cops, Cops Send Him To Allah And His 72 Raisins
Fairfax, VA - Body-worn camera footage shows the moments when a Fairfax County traffic stop turned violent, leaving two officers injured and the suspect dead. Fairfax County Police say the incident began when an officer pulled over a driver for speeding on Majestic Lane in the Fair Oaks area. What started as a routine stop rapidly escalated into a deadly shooting. In the video, the suspect becomes increasingly agitated, shouting profanities and…
Virginia Police Release Bodycam Footage of Former Afghan Military Interpreter Opening Fire on Police - The Last Refuge
As the story is told, Jamal Wali, 36, was allegedly brought to the US in 2014 after working as an interpreter for the US forces in Afghanistan. He was pulled over for a routine violation in Fairfax, Virginia. The obviously unstable Mr Wali shouted profanities at the police, professed his hatred for the United States […] The post Virginia Police Release Bodycam Footage of Former Afghan Military Interpreter Opening Fire on Police appeared first o…
Afghan refugee praises Taliban, shoots two VA police officers before being fatally shot · American Wire News
Body camera footage captured the harrowing moments when a routine traffic stop turned deadly after an armed Afghan ranted about the Taliban and what the United States had cost him. Abiding by their self-imposed transparency policy, the Fairfax County Police Department released footage taken from the scene on April 23, 2025, when 36-year-old Jamal Wali was fatally shot by officers. That footage revealed the agitated state of the former translator…
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