Just days after a mentally ill man shot dead a Pakistani in Kentucky for no apparent reason, a Muslim man who had fled the Islamic State in Iraq to Dallas, Texas, was shot dead by unidentified gunmen as he was taking pictures of the snow, LA Times reported.
Ahmed Al-Jumaili, who had moved to America to escape the IS, walked out of his apartment along with his wife on Wednesday night to take pictures of snow for the first time. Near midnight, they were enjoying the weather when a group of men with rifles opened fire at them without warning.
The Dallas Police Department said that he received a fatal bullet in his chest from a rifle. He was taken to the hospital for where he succumbed to his wounds. However, they added they were unsure of the motive behind the attack.
Al-Jumaili and his wife had moved from Iraq to Dallas, Texas, just 20 days ago to give a new start to their newly married life in a ‘safer place’.
Just days after a mentally ill man shot dead a Pakistani in Kentucky for no apparent reason, a Muslim man who had fled the Islamic State in Iraq to Dallas, Texas, was shot dead by unknown gunmen as he was taking pictures of the snow, LA Times reported.
Authorities are suspecting that Al-Jumaili was a victim of hate crime.
