Philosopher and scholar Javed Bhutto, 64, was shot dead on Friday morning outside a convenience store in Southeast Washington, The Washington Post reported.
According to the report, 45-year-old Hilman Jordan was taken into police custody and charged with Bhutto’s murder. Jordan was reported to have been a neighbour who had been involved in a dispute with Bhutto.
“He [the attacker] was a heavy drinker and was often very rowdy and noisy. Bhutto had recently registered a complaint against him with the building landlord,” a local newspaper quoted a member of the family as saying.
The neighbourhood where the shooting took place has seen a sharp increase in homicide incidents.
Bhutto was the husband of journalist Nafisa Hoodbhoy and brother-in-law of eminent Pakistani physicist Pervez Hoodbhoy.
Bhutto had served as the head of the Philosophy Department at Sindh University before moving to the US.
