Iraqi Man Shot Dead in Dallas While Taking Pictures of Snow

[Judi Lynn]

Source: ABC News

Iraqi Man Shot Dead in Dallas While Taking Pictures of Snow

Mar 6, 2015, 5:26 PM ET
By MEGHAN KENEALLY


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Ahmed Al-Jumaili is seen in this undated photo provided by the Dallas police.

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A man who just recently moved to Dallas from Iraq was shot dead as he was taking photos of the first snowfall he had ever seen, police said.

Authorities are investigating the death of Ahmed Al-Jumaili, 36, who was killed in the parking lot of an apartment complex late Wednesday night.

Al-Jumaili only moved to America three weeks ago, according to a fundraising page set up by friends.

The Dallas Police Department said that the shooting took place at 11:40 p.m., when Al-Jumaili and his wife were taking photos of the snow. He was transported to a nearby hospital, where he died.

According to ABC affiliate WFAA, witnesses told police that a group of men randomly started firing a gun and some nearby cars were also hit.

Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/iraqi-man-shot-dead-dallas-taking-pictures-snow/story?id=29451260

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

1. Before we find out if this is an act of brown skin haters or just a random shooting, I wonder how

bad his injuries would be if we had followed the 2nd amendment and all guns were in well regulated militias.

I guess we will never know.

[Matrosov]

3. +1 n/t

[closeupready]

5. Yes, let's make political hay of someone's death. Keepin' it classy!

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

14. Political hay? You must have clicked on the wrong post to respond to, I simply observed

that if we didnt have gun manufacturers and the SC justices they pay for deciding how we read the 2nd amendment, maybe this wouldnt have happened.

[Travis_0004]

29. take it up with George Washington

[2naSalit]

52. Wha???

[Reter]

78. +1776!

n/t

[Fred Sanders]

12. What is a "brown skin hater"? Maybe you meant "hate crime"? White folks can also be victims of hate.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

13. Someone who hates others if they have brown skin, white racists . Hate crime, yes

[snooper2]

85. interesting reply Mr. Sanders...

we will have to keep this one in the file



oh, and fuck Putin

[SleeplessinSoCal]

60. I hear you clearly. The 2nd Amendment has been bent out of recognition.

ANd gun crimes are off the charts by criminals, bigots, and police.

[billh58]

61. K&R

Texas...

[hlthe2b]

2. He probably thought he had found a safe refuge compared to Iraq...

The irony is beyond devastating. It is obscene

[blkmusclmachine]

7. Freedumb! Freedumb! Freedumb!

[potone]

63. Indeed it is.

First we destroy his country and now he is killed in ours. This is beyond shameful. His poor family!

[laundry_queen]

69. The irony

reminds me of the time a few years ago a couple of guys from Oklahoma went on a fishing trip to Canada....and died in a tornado.

Life is incredibly unfair. That poor guy and his family.

[In_The_Wind]

4. .

[Jefferson23]

6. No peace in Iraq and he found no lasting one here..horrible. n/t

[blkmusclmachine]

8. +1

[libdem4life]

18. I must believe he is at peace now, but his wife and family...what they must have

had to do just to get here...especially legally, and costly I assume. The man of the family gone and in a new country. I hope Social Services can get help for them.

[Jefferson23]

20. I hope so, it's all too sad. n/t

[RufusTFirefly]

46. +1

The poor, poor man. Incredibly sad.

[BeyondGeography]

9. A kind face

May his murderer(s) be caught and put away forever.

[Judi Lynn]

16. Yes, he does have a very kind face. I surely agree with you. n/t

[RKP5637]

17. That's what I thought too as soon as I saw his picture. n/t

[smirkymonkey]

68. That was my first thought. This is so sad.

It makes me so angry. I hope the perpetrators are found and brought to justice.

[Fred Sanders]

10. Gun nuttery and bigotry, either way, - or both - well past time America came to it's senses.

[NoJusticeNoPeace]

28. Death is it, once you die, you are done, no after life, no heaven, etc.

We have too many assholes who love guns and think heaven is real and therefore dying isnt the worst thing

Yes

dying is the worst thing

and Yes, guns and bigotry are a bad mix

[Fred Sanders]

30. I remember what Clint Eastwood (actor) said in Unforgiven, word for word:

Bill Munny:
It's a hell of a thing, killing a man. You take away everything he's got and everything he's ever gonna have.

[wtmusic]

45. "Well I guess they had it comin.."..."We all have it comin', kid."

A classic.

[Fred Sanders]

67. Maybe if you have a very broad interpretation of "classic" - having nothing to do with the tragedy.

[riverbendviewgal]

11. How horrible.

The USA is one nation under guns, racists who claim to be Christians..

I feel so horrible for this couple. I doubt anyone will be caught, no less tried and convicted. Texas is full of gun lovers and racists.

[Baitball Blogger]

15. On the surface it looks like a hate crime.

[7962]

21. The article says "men started randomly firing and also hit several cars", so its iffy.

Could easily be a bunch of idiots "showing off"

[Aristus]

19. Welcome to Texas, homestate of the guy who invaded your country.

They'll kill you here, they'll kill you there. Those gun-nuts will kill you anywhere!...

[brendan120678]

22. Yes, obviously committed by a racist gun-nut...

Maybe we should wait for some more information before we start the accusations?

[Hissyspit]

26. Obviously a victim of our shitty gun-humping culture.

And I don't need any more evidence for that.

[Fred Sanders]

31. That conclusion requires no further investigation. The race crime conclusion requires more direct evidence

Still circumstantial, but with the airwaves full of Islamophobia, can "general and specific societal paranoia and hate", ergo even against the President, be part of a circumstantial case in a court of law?

[Skittles]

38. certainly killed by a gun humper

[awoke_in_2003]

51. "Racist" is yet to be determined...

but randomly firing guns in public qualifies as gun nut.

[840high]

83. DU wait? c'mon -

[rackjite]

23. Muslim reach around

What a convoluted issue for me. I come out of the box swinging against bigotry of any kinds finding myself defending Muslims, initially. But then I am reminded of what I have said so often about Evangelical Christians and their intolerance, bigotry, sexism, misogyny and homophobia to find it a drop in the bucket compared to the intolerance, bigotry, sexism, misogyny and homophobia in the Muslim world. Political correctness again gone out of control as we see with the Hicks case. Though I do understand the necessity of it from those on top like the President who must play the game or here in Texas we would not only have a bounty on just Indians and Mexicans, but Muslims as well.

[Fred Sanders]

32. Welcome and good bye.

[rackjite]

34. What does that mean?

Honesty is a problem?

[Fred Sanders]

37. Did you just switch ID's?

[rackjite]

43. Are you the PC police or something?

What is your complaint exactly? What does GOODBYE mean, you are still here, I am still here. I am confused.

[tblue37]

44. Can you believe a jury voted 5-2 to leave that post?

This is only the second time I have ever sent an alert, but someone else had already alerted on it, and the jury voted heavily in favor of not hiding that post. I am flabbergasted!

[RufusTFirefly]

49. Appalling post. Appalling decision. n/t

[rackjite]

62. What post?

Is this about Muslims being more sexist and homophobic than Christians? That is not allowed to be said?

[tblue37]

64. What is not appropriate is suggesting a bounty on minority groups! Racism is a TOS violation. nt

[Fred Sanders]

65. Sad...truly sad...May be some did not read the alerted post - it was convoluted - or at all or needed more

explanation....more explanation.....??

[rackjite]

82. The PC police are under your bed, the PC police are inside of your head

Just who are you anyway? How do I vote?

[Judi Lynn]

86. Not surprised someone else alerted, too. Sad result. n/t

[Oneironaut]

54. What in the world does this have to do with the story?

The man in the story from Iraq was the one who was shot.

[Fred Sanders]

66. And take a look at the last sentence...placing bounties on folks.....

[rackjite]

75. Wow! The humorless PC police are something to behold here, SHAME

I have often made the argument that what caused working class people to run to the GOP in mass, is this very POLITICAL CORRECTNESS that is going on in the is thread right now. Shame on you...

[Fred Sanders]

76. Ditto.."shame" is the word. Strange sense of "humor" ya got there.

My "shame" is shared by many in the thread, you notice?

Perhaps you could expand on your insights of DU members in your....8th post here?

Make your reply to #54 post, not me.

[rackjite]

79. Didn't realize I was dealing with the PC King of the roost here

Have been around since 2001. But soon left. I think I now remember why...

[Fred Sanders]

80. Try to remember again, sir.....I take my appointed duties seriously.

[rackjite]

81. How does that appointment process work? Can I be appointed?

Your pulling my leg right?

[blackspade]

56. A reach around?

What the Fuck? It's a bigotry 2 for 1.

What does his unknown religious affiliation have to do with this senseless killing?
Or was this just a chance for you to bloviate about your Islamaphobia and gay hate?

[Lobo27]

24. Was watching Univision channel in Dallas this morning,

and they claimed that it was three people in car that did the shooting. A witness claimed he thought it was black teens, but he was looking from a window so who really knows.

[Fred Sanders]

35. Update:

"According to The Dallas Morning, Ahmed El Cumayli, a 36-year-old Iraqi man has been shot and killed while taking photos of snow with his family in Dallas. He was taken to hospital but could not be saved despite all efforts.

It has been reported that Cumayli came to US from Iraq around 20 days ago. Cumayli's father-in-law Muhammed Altae said that Cumayli wanted to find a job to start a new life. Altae added "Our only wish was to live in a safe neighborhood, however, what he found was a bullet inside his heart."

Dallas police began to investigate the incident while Jeff Cotner, from Dallas Police Department, emphasized that they will take "prejudice" into consideration.

Meanwhile, the Council on American-Islam Relations has called for a detailed investigation into whether "religious prejudices" played a role in the murder"

...............

Ahmed Al-Jumaili, 36, was taking pictures of the snow with his wife and brother around 11:40 p.m. Wednesday when he was shot in the parking lot of an apartment complex, police said.

Ahmed Al-Jumaili, 36, was shot and killed in Dallas on Wednesday. Activists, citing the recent killings of three Muslims in North Carolina, said they fear the attack may have been a hate crime. (Dallas Police Department)
The victim yelled out "I'm hit," and fled to his nearby apartment, but he died of his injuries less than an hour later, according to Dallas Police Maj. Jeff Cotner.

Al-Jumaili, who arrived in Texas from Iraq and reunited with his wife in the past month, had never seen snow before.

"Just like all of us, a pretty snowfall brings the child out in us," Cotner said during a news conference Friday. "And you can just imagine the excitement between his wife, and his brother and himself."

http://www.latimes.com/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-dallas-police-iraqi-victim-2015030-story.html

[Judi Lynn]

39. Thank you for this deeper information from Dallas. What a real tragedy. It's shameful.

Deepest sympathy for this man's also newly wife/widow, and his family. May they all find peace, somehow.

[Fred Sanders]

42. First snow the newly weds had seen in their lives, giddish as children...and then....guns. And what else?

[Jefferson23]

50. 20 days ago..I read that right? Now I feel ill. n/t

[Pooka Fey]

25. RIP

[PedXing]

27. You gotta break a few eggs to make the Second Amendment Omlete

[Fred Sanders]

33. You forgot the sarcasm emoticon, new poster.

[PedXing]

71. I just found it!

[Judi Lynn]

40. Welcome to D.U., PedXing. n/t

[PedXing]

72. Thanks!

[blackspade]

57. WTF?

More of a cornucopia of death than an omelet...

[PedXing]

70. I knew I spelled omelette wrong!

And I forgot this:

[Flatulo]

36. How sad. Reminds me of a few service members who survived tours of duty there and came home

only to be murdered in their own towns.

What the fuck is wrong with people?

[2naSalit]

53. What I first started to wonder about

was if he was an interpreter or heliping our troops while they were all over the place.

Regardless, this truly sucks and I'm getting pretty sick of being embarrassed by my fellow citizens. At least I'm in Texas of the arctic (Montana) where there is quite a lot of these gunner types but the population is rather small overall so the chances of ending up with lethal lead poisoning are greatly reduced.

[Telcontar]

41. Sounds like gang related drive by

Arab, Hispanic, easy to make a mistake. I feel so bad for his family, finally escaping the hellhole of Iraq only to find the shining city on the hill has dimmed.

[wtmusic]

47. Welcome to the U.S.

Maybe he was wearing a hoodie.

[Martin Eden]

48. Speculatin' about Hatin'

Man escapes a place of dread
Comes to America and ends up dead
Seeing snow for the very first time
An unfortunate victim of a senseless crime

Was he targeted for the way he looks
Or was the perp an ordinary crook?
Easy to conclude someone was hatin'
But for now we're only speculatin'

One thing I know
And I ain't lyin'
Takin' a pic o' snow
Shouldn't involve dyin'

[ms liberty]

58. Good piece, there. n/t

[Judi Lynn]

87. You channeled your energy into a great statement. It's so true. Thank you. n/t

[KT2000]

55. America - the stupid

A big share of this country celebrates ignorance, guns, and racism. Whether this was ignorance or racism, it surely was guns - but hey - I am sure it was just an accident.
And politicians are afraid to offend this "base."

[Snarkoleptic]

59. "...a group of men randomly started firing a gun..."

Alas, more of the responsible gun owners I keep hearing about.

[hack89]

91. Or irresponsible criminals.

care to bet the shooters could not legally own guns.

[derby378]

73. Speaking as a Dallas resident, that area of town has gone downhill in recent years

The stretch of Audelia Road between Walnut and Skillman used to be a fairly peaceful neighborhood. I remember visiting one of the apartment complexes along that stretch, where I purchased a Prophet 600 synthesizer from a very nice musician who lived there.

For whatever reason, many of the businesses in that area started going belly-up, resulting in a lot of abandoned storefronts. New businesses are trying to move in and pick up the slack, but whenever I drive through that area of town, more often than not I'll see someone getting arrested for God knows what. There have been beatings, shootings, and all sorts of mayhem, but usually not on Walnut, which sits on the northern edge.

I grew up only a couple of miles away from that area in Garland. The intersection of Walnut and Audelia is close to the border between Garland and Dallas. Richland College, where I'm currently taking a statistics class, is in that general area as well.

[snooper2]

84. When I moved here in 1998 I lived at a apartment at Skillman and Royal Lane..

I just left the top off the Suzuki Sidekick..

you can have the change in the console LOL

[yurbud]

74. Didn't anyone warn him about Texas?

[rackjite]

77. This is not about atheists, religion or Muslims, it's about GUNS

You know in the Hicks case they first made it about ATHEISTS. Then they made it about ISLAMOPHOBIA. Then the made it about an angry man consumed with PARKING SPACES.

But you know, the thing it was really about was not mentioned. GUN ENTHUSIASTS. Hicks openly carried a 9mm in a holster for all the neighbors to see and be frightened of. He had 12 guns in his apartment including an AR15 and a ton of ammo.

Guns don't kill people, gun enthusiasts do.

[derby378]

89. Wrong answer...

If what you said was true, my Kalashnikov would have gotten me in trouble a loooong time ago. As it is, it merely pisses some DUers off, but I can't help that.

You're not that far off the mark, though. It's about BULLIES, regardless of age, and the communities that allow themselves to be bullied by assholes like this guy.

[Snow Leopard]

88. Friggin animals

Hope they get caught and do super max in a super max

[Tom Ripley]

90. Rest In Peace, Sir

[Eugene]

92. Texas teen sentenced to 38 years for murdering Iraqi immigrant

Source: Reuters

World | Tue May 24, 2016 2:35pm EDT

Texas teen sentenced to 38 years for murdering Iraqi immigrant

DALLAS | BY LISA MARIA GARZA

A Dallas jury sentenced a teenager to 38 years in prison on Tuesday for murdering an Iraqi immigrant as he took family pictures while experiencing snow for the first time.

Nykerion Nealon, 19, was convicted on Monday of fatally shooting Ahmed al-Jumaili, 36, in March 2015 in the parking lot of his apartment complex.

Al-Jumaili had only been in the United States for about three weeks and authorities had thought the case might have been a hate crime. They later determined Nealon did not know al-Jumaili's ethnicity and said he may have been trying to retaliate for a shooting at his girlfriend's apartment.

Prosecutors said Nealon, who was 17 years old at the time, fired 14 rounds from an AK-47, striking al-Jumaili, who was in the snow with members of his family, once in the chest.

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Read more: http://www.reuters.com/article/us-texas-crime-immigration-idUSKCN0YF2JH