Mohammad Azim Doudzai was identified by Fairfax County Virginia police as the man shot by an officer after he allegedly shot two men and kept a hostage trapped inside of a burning home.
On Monday, two brothers called 911 around 2:40 P.M. Monday saying they had been shot at a home in Herndon and were driving themselves to a hospital, Fairfax County police chief Col. Edwin C. Roessler Jr. said.
via NBC:
Officers arriving at the townhouse on the 13300 block of Covered Wagon Lane heard gunshots inside and saw smoke coming from its third floor, the chief said at a news conference.
Roessler said a man saying he was being held hostage called 911 to report that he couldn’t breathe, but firefighters weren’t able to enter the house because someone kept shooting a gun inside.
Police negotiators were talking to the 32-year-old Mohammad Azim Doudzai by phone, but the chief said he refused to cooperate with them.
Video shot by NBC helicopter shows police throwing a flash grenade into the home. Doudzai was holding what appeared to be a knife, and according to Fox News, ‘lunged’ towards officers. Subsequently, Doudzai was shot, allowing police to help the man being held hostage.
According to NBC, the hostage suffered smoke inhalation from the fire. The two brothers who were shot took themselves to a hospital with life-threatening injuries before the police arrived. As for Doudzai, he died Monday night at the hospital. Doudzai’s Facebook page says he was a DJ who had attended a community college a few years ago.
Police are still investigating the suspect’s connection to the victims.
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