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Osman Abdullahi
United States · Aged 36 · Died 01/26/2009
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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.
Alleged responsible partyWashington Metropolitan Police DepartmentReported by the cited sources. “Alleged” is used pending verification.
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