Man Shot in Garage Identified
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Friday, October 9, 2009; 9:26 PM
The Bethesda man shot in the front seat of his minivan after he had pulled into his garage, a high-ranking economist at the International Monetary Fund, remained in critical condition Friday, officials said.
Ashoka Mody was shot Thursday night after arriving at home from work, according to the IMF.
Citing a policy of not identifying surviving crime victims who may also be witnesses, Montgomery County police declined to confirm his identity. But they did offer more details about the case Friday.
Police said that at the time the victim, who authorities said was in his early 50s, was shot, his driver's side door was open. An unknown suspect fired at least one round, and was last seen running from the residence toward Goldsboro Road in dark clothing and a mask, police said. Officers searched the area with a helicopter, dogs and patrol officers, but couldn't find the suspect.
Detectives haven't established a motive for the attack, but say it could have been an attempted robbery.
"Our scope is wide open at this point," said Capt. Paul Starks, a Montgomery County Police spokesman.
"We are shocked and saddened by the appalling attack on our colleague Ashoka Mody," an IMF spokeswoman said in a statement. "Ashoka is well-known at the fund as one of its most esteemed economists, an experienced and dedicated colleague, and a valued member of the fund family."
Mody serves as assistant director of the IMF's European Department, and supervises other economists, according to the IMF.
He was born in India and studied at several schools, earning a doctorate in economics in 1986 from Boston University, according to friends and his own Web site.
Mody is married with two children, according to friends. He has served as a visiting professor of public policy at The Wharton School, and worked at the IMF since 2001. In a brief online biography related to a recent Princeton University panel discussion, Mody was described as an expert on emerging markets' access to foreign capital.
His papers have appeared in journals such as American Economic Review, Journal of International Economics, Economic Journal, and Journal of Monetary Economics, according to the posting.
Staff researcher Meg Smith contributed to this report.
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