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Osman Abdullahi
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Gender
Male
Age
36 yrs
Nationality
United States
Marital Status
Unknown
Date of Death
01/26/2009
Location
830 7th St. NE Washington DC 20002 District of Columbia
Cause of Death
Deadly force
Abdullahi was a Somali immigrant and resident of a poorly-maintained group home for the mentally ill, unsupervised and off his medication. One morning he began articulating paranoid fantasies then took another resident hostage with a knife. Police arrived, could not communicate with him, and shot him once fatally.
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Alleged Responsible Party
Washington Metropolitan Police Department
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National Anthem
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