A recent report issued by the Department of Interior's inspector general has cleared two U.S. Park Police officers of any wrongdoing in the fatal shooting of a Virginia man following a highway chase seven years ago. The incident involved officers Lucas Vinyard and Alejandro Amaya, who were found to have acted within police procedures during the encounter with Bijan Ghaisar, 25, of McLean, in November 2017.
The inspector general's report concluded that the officers were justified in pursuing Ghaisar after he fled the scene of an accident on the George Washington Memorial Parkway. It stated that the shooting was deemed within police policy as the officers had legitimate concerns for their safety when Ghaisar's vehicle began to move forward while an officer was in front of it.
