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Senators criticize FBI probe of fatal Park Police shooting

By The Associated Press

WASHINGTON (AP) — Two U.S. senators are faulting the FBI for the slow pace of its investigation into the fatal shooting of an unarmed motorist after a stop-and-go chase on a Northern Virginia highway.

Sens. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, and Mark Warner, D-Va., wrote Tuesday to FBI Director Christopher Wray seeking an update on the investigation into the death of 25-year-old Bijan Ghaisar, of McLean, Virginia.

Ghaisar died after being shot multiple times by two U.S. Park Police officers in November 2017.

Dashcam video released by local police shows officers opening fire after Ghaisar stopped and then tried maneuvering past officers.

The senators also sought details from Park Police on their use-of-force policies.

A lawyer for one of the officers said recently he expects a decision on criminal charges in the next week or so.

National Museum of the American Latino to be housed in historic Smithsonian building

By Neal Augenstein
The Smithsonian Institution has decided to put the National Museum of the American Latino into an existing, historic building, rather than constructing a new one. The Smithsonian Board of Regents on Monday designated the Arts and Industries Building, a 145-year-old redbrick Victorian structure located between the Smithsonian Castle and the Hirshhorn Museum, as the permanent site of the National Museum of the American Latino, which Congress authorized in 2020. In 2022, the Smithsonian narrowed its survey for permanent locations for the National Museum of the American Latino and the American Women's History Museum to four locations near the National Mall on land owned by the National Park Service. The Arts and Industries Building, located at 900 Jefferson St. SW, was one of the four sites. New construction on National Park Service land would require congressional approval. However, since the Smithsonian already owns the Arts and Industries Building, the institution can place the National Museum of the American Latino in the existing building without additional legislation.
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