Nasrat Ahmad Yar, a 31-year-old married father of four who escaped Afghanistan with his life was reportedly murdered by a group of teenagers in Washington, DC on Monday morning while working a few hours with Lyft to earn extra money for rent.

From WUSA 9:

Nasrat Ahmad Yar's wife wanted him to come home after a night out with friends, but he told her rent was due soon and he needed to keep working, right before he was shot and killed in his car.

DC Police officers responded to 11th Street Northeast, near D Street Northeast, just after midnight for a reported shooting, and found Ahmad Yar with a gunshot wound. He was taken to a hospital for treatment but died of his injuries.

Surveillance video caught the gunshot and a group of young black suspects fleeing the scene in the Capitol Hill neighborhood. One teenager tells another, "You killed him," while the other responds, "He was reaching, bro."

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"He was so happy he got a new car because he could take care of his family," his best friend Rahim Amini told WUSA9. "His wife asked him to stay home but he said, 'I have to pay rent. I don't have that much money. I have to work.'"

Ahmad Yar was the sole provider for his wife and four children, ages 13 years to 15 months, and was still sending money home to family overseas in Afghanistan. He served as an interpreter alongside U.S. Army Special Forces in Afghanistan. Ahmad Yar escaped with his family in 2021 after the fall of the Afghan government to the Taliban.

A GoFundMe has been set up to provide for Ahmad Yar's family during this time.

Retired Lieutenant Colonel Matthew Butler, who spent 42 months in a combat position, said Ahmad Yar "served this country a great deal more than I did," noting he would have been "a marked man if he stayed."

Butler worked with Ahmad Yar at Camp Vance of Baghram Airfield in Afghanistan and helped him with his immigration paperwork. He last saw him in Pennsylvania in 2022. Ahmad Yar and his family had first lived in Philadelphia, but moved after he was robbed at gunpoint there as well.

"You just don't have words to describe how you feel about someone who had given so much to his country, not as a citizen, but then comes here and experiences some of the worst behavior our country has to offer," Butler said. "The irony is really thick here."

There have been 127 murders in DC in 2023 to date, a 19% increase over the same period last year.

Authorities are offering a $25,000 reward for information that leads to an arrest (202-727-9099).