Shawali Sherali, 31, a Lyft driver who moved to North Texas from Afghanistan in 2021 with his family, was fatally shot on May 17, 2024, in Fort Worth. According to an arrest warrant affidavit, Sherali picked up a passenger identified as 35-year-old Michael Walker about 11:20 a.m. Dash camera footage from Sherali’s vehicle reportedly shows Walker, seated in the backseat, shooting Sherali multiple times from behind. The car later crashed into a fence near Sandy Lane and Brentwood Stair Road; witnesses saw a man matching Walker’s description pull an injured person from the driver’s seat and then drive away. The vehicle was later abandoned in an apartment complex parking lot.

Walker was arrested on May 18 in east Fort Worth and was found in possession of a handgun matching the caliber used in the shooting. He faces a capital murder charge and has a criminal history that includes assault and drug possession. Sherali was a husband and father of two with a third child expected; his brother Noorali Noor said the family had relocated to the United States to escape the Taliban and is now grieving. A GoFundMe was set up to assist the family with funeral and future expenses.

If anyone witnessed the pickup, the crash, or the vehicle being abandoned, does anyone have information to share?