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Friends and family of Bijan Ghaisar, who was shot multiple times by two U.S. Park Police officers on Fort Hunt Road in 2017, will gather outside the Justice Department on Monday morning for a protest.

The protest will mark 500 days since the McLean resident was shot at the intersection of Alexandria Avenue and Fort Hunt Road. The FBI has still not announced its findings in the shooting of Ghaisar, who was unarmed according to the Fairfax County Police and his family.

The protest also comes days after the names of the two officers who shot Ghaisar were publicly released as part of the Ghaisar family’s civil litigation against the federal government. Neither the the Park Police nor the FBI, who took over the investigation shortly after the shooting, had previously released the men’s names or any additional information on the case.
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As the FBI’s investigation has dragged on, multiple politicians have demanded answers about the case to no avail. FBI Director Christopher Wray declined a meeting request from Rep. Don Beyer (D-8), whose district includes the area where Ghaisar was shot. Beyer said in February that he is now looking into a possible Congressional hearing on the case.
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State Sen. Scott Surovell (D-36), who lives near the spot Ghaisar was killed, has also been a vocal critic of the FBI’s handing of the case. Like Beyer, Surovell has attended vigils for Ghaisar and maintained a sign — twice stolen — posted at the spot of the slaying.

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