SAN FRANCISCO, Calif. (KRON) – A suspect has been arrested in the investigation of the Nov. 28 shooting demise of 31-year-old Ahmad Yusufi.
San Francisco police verify the id of the suspect as 38-year-old Clifford Stokes of Oakland.
Yusufi was an Afghanistan refugee working as an Uber driver when he was shot throughout an tried theft whereas seated in his car on Potrero Ave. in San Francisco.
“It is good that there will be some closure for the family that a suspect will be caught. However, it will not change the fact that his loss is so significant to everyone,” Mizgon Darby mentioned.
Mizgon Darby is the chief director of Mills College program Live-By-Learning and an activist in the Bay Area’s Afghan group for the previous 20-years.
She says it’s common for Afghan refugees to search out work for rideshare firms right here in the U.S. despite the fact that many are overqualified.
“Coming to the United States a lot of these professionals who were educated in Afghanistan, who have multiple degrees in some cases, turn to working in a gas station or driving an Uber to create independence for themselves financially in the beginning. I am confident this is what he was feeling,” Darby mentioned.
In reality, Ahmad Yusufi’s training helped him achieve a key position as an interpreter serving to U.S. allies in the struggle in Afghanistan.
“Escape the war in Afghanistan only to be brutalized in a street war here in the United States,” Darby mentioned.
Ahmad Yusufi leaves behind a spouse and three babies.
“I cannot imagine what this woman is experiencing. I feel like this is a close step toward bringing closure to the family,” Darby mentioned.