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Family's lawsuit IDs Park Police officers who shot unarmed Va. driver 03/29/2019 05:44pm • Over a year after an unarmed Virginia man was fatally shot by U.S. Park Police during a traffic stop in November 2017, the names of the officers who shot him have been released. Lucas Vinyard and Alejandro Amaya are identified as those officers in a lawsuit filed by the family of Bijan Ghaisar. T FBI defends length of investigation into police shooting of Fairfax Co.'s Bijan Ghaisar 03/27/2019 07:46am • The FBI said its 16-month investigation of the 2017 shooting by U.S. Park Police of unarmed motorist, Bijan Ghaisar, is complicated, but Sen. Chuck Grassley isn't satisfied with that answer. The FBI's response came three months after Grassley, a Republican from Iowa, asked the bureau for an updat 1 year after Bijan Ghaisar death, family says facts not enough: 'We want to know why' 11/27/2018 11:41am • WASHINGTON — For the family of a man who was shot by two U.S. Park Police officers, the wait for answers and accountability has stretched past the anniversary of his last breath. "My brother died a year ago today," said Negeen Ghaisar, as she stood outside the U.S. Justice Department with famil Questions remain unanswered 1 year after Va. man fatally shot by Park Police 11/17/2018 09:43pm • WASHINGTON — Family, friends, school mates, community members and more gathered Saturday night to remember the life of a 25-year-old McLean man who was fatally wounded by U.S. Park Police one year ago. The group also promised to keep applying pressure on officials until they get the answers the New bill would mandate body cameras, dash cams for federal police 11/16/2018 12:53pm • WASHINGTON — A new bill introduced by D.C. Dem Rep. Eleanor Holmes Norton and Rep. Don Beyer, D-Va., would require uniformed federal police officers to wear body cameras and have dashboard cameras in marked vehicles. And they're doing it just before the one-year anniversary of the shooting of an u Vigil marks nearly 1 year after Virginia man fatally shot by Park Police 11/08/2018 11:23pm • FAIRFAX COUNTY, Va. — Dozens of people lit candles and stood in the dark Thursday night at the intersection of Fort Hunt Road and Alexandria Avenue in Fairfax County, Virginia, to remember an unarmed driver shot by U.S. Park Police along that road nearly a year ago. Bijan Ghaisar, 25, was shot Fairfax police reports: Va. man fatally shot by US Park Police was unarmed 10/29/2018 02:46pm • WASHINGTON — A Virginia accountant fatally shot by U.S. Park Police last year was unarmed, according to reports filed by Fairfax County police officers who witnessed the shooting. The reports confirm what 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar's family has long said — that he was not armed when he was sho Va. family files $25M lawsuit in Park Police fatal shooting 08/03/2018 07:43pm • (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384';cnx.cmd.push(function() {cnx({playerId: "9be9c680-c459-4acb-af21-654a2ccca384",mediaId: 'f7731646-f78a-46fa-a9b2-737774eae3ce' }).render("58561536c936cd96");}); WASHINGTON – A McLean family asking for Va. congressman introduces measure to fund Park Police body camera program 07/16/2018 07:52pm • WASHINGTON — A Virginia congressman has introduced an amendment he hopes will ensure funding that will continue a body camera pilot program for U.S. Park Police. Rep. Don Beyer, a Democrat who represents Virginia's 8th Congressional District that includes Arlington County, the cities of Alexand Family of slain Va. motorist seeks names of officers 07/10/2018 12:10pm • WASHINGTON — The family of Bijan Ghaisar, the Virginia accountant who was shot to death by the U.S. Park Police during a traffic stop in November 2017, are seeking the release of the names of the officers who shot him. Bijan Ghaisar was a graduate of Virginia Commonwealth University and his fa 7 months later, investigators return to site of Park Police killing 06/21/2018 06:02pm • FORT HUNT, Va. — More than seven months after Bijan Ghaisar was fatally shot by two U.S. Park Police officers in the Fort Hunt neighborhood, crime scene investigators returned to the intersection Thursday. FBI investigators began working near the intersection of Fort Hunt Road and Alexandria Av Family of Va. man fatally shot by Park Police implores use of body cameras 05/07/2018 09:12pm • WASHINGTON — The family of Bijan Ghaisar, the 25-year-old accountant who was fatally shot last year by U.S. Park Police, is demanding the federal police agency equip its officers with body-worn cameras. Ghaisar was mortally wounded when Park Police opened fire on his vehicle on Nov. 17, 2017, f FBI denies congressman's inquiries into US Park Police shooting of Va. man 04/06/2018 06:53pm • WASHINGTON — Five months after a 25-year-old Virginia man was shot by United States Park Police officers and died from his injuries, the FBI has denied a lawmaker's second request for an update in the federal investigation. The repeated request of Virginia congressman Don Beyer, a Democrat from Park Police shooting: Va. lawmaker seeks answers from FBI Director 03/27/2018 09:16am • WASHINGTON — A Virginia lawmaker is pushing for answers in the deadly shooting of a Northern Virginia man by U.S. Park Police in November 2017. Rep. Don Beyer,D-8th District, sent a letter to the director of the FBI asking for a meeting. “I’m just asking for a face-to-face meeting with Federal attorneys attempt to block Va. family's request for 911 calls in police shooting 03/23/2018 04:42pm • WASHINGTON — The U.S. Attorney's office has moved to block a request by the family of a man fatally shot by U.S. Park Police along the George Washington Parkway in November. As the FBI continues its investigation, the McLean, Virginia, man's family is reacting to word they cannot access the 911