A man is shot and killed in Minneapolis' Cedar-Riverside neighborhood Alamagan Mohamed Abdullahi, 25, a Black male, was shot late on June 7, 2015, in Minneapolis’ Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. Police were called around 10:45 p.m. to the 400 block of Cedar Avenue South near the Cedar Cultural Center, where officers found him wounded; he was taken to Hennepin County Medical Center and died from multiple gunshot wounds, the medical examiner ruled his death a homicide.
Witnesses described a disagreement between Abdullahi and the shooter moments before the gunfire. Investigators said the violence did not appear random, and two people were seen fleeing the area. Despite early leads, the suspect had not been located in the immediate aftermath, and authorities asked anyone with information to come forward.
Community accounts later identified Abdullahi as the son of renowned Somali poet and filmmaker Mohamed Abdullahi Isse, known as Sangub, a detail echoed in local reporting after the shooting. Public databases and case summaries continue to list the homicide as unsolved, with no arrests publicly reported.
