Pakistani finance worker murdered at his upscale DC building had let his killers in thinking they were fellow tenants: police

Rico Barnes (pictured) is one of two men charged in the murder of Syed Hammad Hussain, who was killed by blunt force and strangulation before his apartment in Northwest D.C. was set on fire - (Superior Court of the District of Columbia)

A Pakistani finance and IT professional killed inside his upscale Washington, D.C., condo building may have unknowingly let his attackers inside, mistaking them for fellow residents, police said.

At a news conference this week, Interim Metropolitan Police Department Chief Jeffrey W. Carroll described the victim, Syed Hammad Hussain, 40, as “an innocent person,” saying investigators believe he opened the doors of The Zenith on February 11, assuming the group outside lived there, the Washington Post reports. Authorities added that the suspects have not been connected to any other robberies or violent incidents.