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| Born | August 2, 1977 |
| Hometown | Tijuana, Mexico |
| Spouse | Ana Brenda Contreras (m 2013 - 2014) |
| Parents | Jorge Hank Rhon |
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Federal court claims jurisdiction over Park Police shooting
- A judge on Friday placed the prosecution of two U.S. Park Police officers accused of fatally shooting an unarmed motorist in Virginia under federal jurisdiction. State and local prosecutors argued unsuccessfully at a hearing in U.S. District Court in Alexandria that the involuntary manslaughter cases against officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard should remain in the Virginia court system. The ruling from U.S. District Judge Claude Hilton means local prosecutors can still pursue the case, but it will be heard in federal court rather than state court.
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- U.S.Associated Press
Officers: We gave 'chance after chance' before 2017 shooting
Two U.S. Park Police officers say they gave “chance after chance” to a northern Virginia man in a stop-and-go police chase before firing 10 shots that killed the unarmed driver in 2017, according to court records. Documents made public late Monday in a civil suit filed by the parents of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar of McLean provide the first real insight into the thought process of officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard, who shot and killed Ghaisar. "Vinyard advised that he and Amaya gave Gh
- U.S.Associated Press
Trial set in civil suit over 2017 Park Police shooting
A judge on Thursday set a November trial date for a civil lawsuit in the 2017 fatal shooting by U.S. Park Police of a northern Virginia motorist, but government lawyers say the trial should be delayed because the officers involved in the shooting aren't talking about what happened. The parents of Bijan Ghaisar filed a federal lawsuit last year, naming the United States of America as defendant for the shooting death of their son. Ghaisar, 25, of McLean, died after he was shot multiple times by
- NewsAssociated Press
Virginia attorneys seek charges in fatal police shooting
County prosecutors are seeking charges against two U.S. Park Police officers who killed an unarmed motorist after a chase on a northern Virginia highway two years ago. The move by Fairfax County prosecutors comes about a month after the D.C. U.S. Attorney’s Office announced it wouldn't file federal criminal charges against officers Alejandro Amaya and Lucas Vinyard in the death of Bijan Ghaisar, The Washington Post reports. Federal prosecutors said then that their decision didn't prohibit oth
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No Charges For Park Police Officers Who Fatally Shot Unarmed Virginia Motorist
Federal officials said they have closed a lengthy investigation into the death of Bijan Ghaisar two years ago.
- NewsAssociated Press
Feds won’t charge officers in Virginia motorist’s death
Federal prosecutors won’t file criminal charges against two U.S. Park Police officers who fatally shot an unarmed motorist after a chase on a northern Virginia parkway two years ago. The Justice Department announced Thursday it found insufficient evidence to bring charges in the death of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar of McLean. “The Department would have to prove not only that the officers used force that was constitutionally unreasonable, but that they did so ‘willfully,’ which the Supreme Court
- NewsAssociated Press
Park Police officer defends actions in fatal shooting
A U.S. Park Police officer acted in self-defense when he and another officer fatally shot an unarmed motorist after a chase on a northern Virginia parkway, his lawyers say in a legal filing in a civil case. Lawyers for Lucas Vinyard filed their first response Wednesday night in U.S. District Court in Alexandria to the accusations filed against him in a lawsuit. Vinyard is one of two officers being sued by the family of Bijan Ghaisar, a 25-year-old accountant from McLean.
- NewsAssociated Press
Family names officers in fatal shooting by Park Police
ALEXANDRIA, Va. (AP) — The family of a northern Virginia man shot to death by U.S. Park Police in 2017 has identified the two officers in an amended wrongful-death lawsuit.
