On the night of April 26, 2025, a tragic shooting occurred at a QuikTrip gas station located in the 5600 block of South Cooper Street in Arlington, Texas. When officers arrived at approximately 10:06 p.m., they found 20-year-old Omed Abdal and 19-year-old Ayaz Mohsin Abdullah lying unresponsive in the parking lot with gunshot wounds. Both men were transported to local hospitals, where they were pronounced dead.
A third victim, a 19-year-old man, sustained a gunshot wound to the foot and was treated and released from the hospital.
According to police reports, the incident began as a physical altercation between two groups in the gas station parking lot. During the fight, 17-year-old Saman Islam allegedly retrieved a firearm from a vehicle and fired multiple rounds, striking the victims. Islam and several others involved in the incident were still on the scene when officers arrived and were quickly detained.
Saman Islam was arrested and booked into the Arlington City Jail on one count of capital murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon. He was later transferred to the Tarrant County Jail. His bond was set at $1,000,000 for the capital murder charge and $100,000 for the aggravated assault charge.
The motive behind the altercation remains unclear, and the Arlington Police Department continues to investigate the circumstances leading up to the shooting.
