He fled from the area and police attempted to "neutralize" Halaq during the chase with at least seven warning shots fired in his direction.[1] Halaq's relatives have stated that he was an autistic man who was heading to a school for students with special needs, that he attended daily when he was shot by police.[2] Friends and family of Halaq and the Secretary General of the Palestine Liberation Organization, Saab Erekat, have drawn parallels with police brutality in the United States and the killing of George Floyd.[3]