Driver exclaims ‘I should have served with f–king Taliban' moments before fatal traffic-stop shootout with police: bodycam footage

New York Post

25-05-2025

A fatal shootout during a routine traffic stop was captured on heart-stopping video — including the armed driver declaring 'I should have served with the f–king Taliban' as he opened fire on officers and was then shot to death.
Jamal Wali, 36, was pulled over by Fairfax, Virginia, police officers for speeding back on April 23 — with the driver immediately declaring he had a weapon and yelling at the cop to get back in his car, video released by the Fairfax Police Department showed.
'I have a gun and I'm armed,' Wali said as the officer walked towards the driver's side window of the 1999 Toyota Corolla.
5 Fairfax County Police body camera captured Jamal Wali at a traffic stop moments before he opened fire on April 23, 2025.
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'I don't have a license. Go back, sit in the f–king car, and leave,' Wali demanded of the officer, adding with hostility, 'So what do you wanna do?'
The 36-year-old aggressively shouted at the officer that he had no vehicle registration, refused to identify himself by name, and had attempted to reach for his weapon — causing the officer to call for backup.
'I should have served with f–king Taliban,' Wali screamed, adding, 'They're better than you.'
As the two waited for more officers to arrive, Wali expressed rage at the United States, which he said 'brought him here' — claiming to have 'served in the special forces' and further that his brother died as a result of his service, video showed.
Back-up arrived with one officer first coming to the passenger side door behind Wali and another officer approaching the driver's side door — immediately grabbing a hold of the driver's wrist.
5 Wali pulls out a handgun and fires shots at two of the officers during the daytime traffic stop.
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5 A police officer returned fire at Wali into the open passenger side window.
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When Wali was grabbed, he pulled away from the reaching officer, pulled out and cocked his pistol, and fired-off several shots in the matter of seconds — hitting the officers in the upper arms and elbows, according to Fox 5 DC.
The officer on the passenger side door immediately opened fire, hitting Wali with four bullets, the outlet reported.
He was given life saving measures by police and was declared dead at a local hospital later that day, Fox 5 DC reported.
The two wounded officers were treated for non-life threatening injuries at an area hospital, according to that report.
5 Police officers attempted to grab the gun from Wali's hands before he could fire off a shot.
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5 Police investigate the scene of the fatal officer-involved shooting in Fairfax County, Virginia.
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Wali also claimed he had four children and that he arrived in the United States in 2014.
'You f–king people brought me to this goddamn country and I'm dying every single goddamned day,' the irate Wali exclaimed.
'I can't get a job. I can't get a disability. And they took my f–king license because I can't pay the insurance. So why are you trying to kill me?'