On the evening of June 6, 2025, 15-year-old male Sudais Abdi Omar was shot in the parking lot outside the Best Buy outlet at Northtown Mall in Blaine, Minnesota. First responders were dispatched around 5:13–5:15 p.m.; they found the teenager gravely wounded and transported him to Mercy Hospital in Coon Rapids, where he died. Authorities later identified him as a Brooklyn Park resident and freshman at Osseo High School. The mall went into a brief lockdown as officers secured the area.
Investigators reported that three males ran from the scene immediately after the gunfire. By the next day, law enforcement had detained a 20-year-old man, and officials emphasized that the search continued for others believed to be involved. The Anoka County Sheriff's Office publicly named the detained adult as Ayub Abdullahi Mohamed and initially held him on suspicion of aiding an offender; he was later formally charged with aiding an offender to avoid arrest.
In the days that followed, investigators made a second arrest: a 15-year-old boy taken into custody in connection with the killing. Authorities did not immediately release the juvenile's name or specific charges but confirmed he was the second person arrested in the case. Witness accounts described multiple suspects fleeing through and around the mall complex, including toward a nearby recreation venue, as detectives gathered surveillance footage and interviewed bystanders.
Local outlets and official statements underscored that the homicide occurred in Blaine, in Anoka County, though some memorial listings referenced Minneapolis more broadly. Public records and reporting consistently place the shooting at Northtown Mall's parking lot and identify the victim as 15-year-old Sudais Abdi Omar of Brooklyn Park, with no official confirmation of his race or ethnicity. As of the mid-June updates, one adult suspect had been charged with aiding an offender and a teenage suspect had been arrested, while investigators continued to examine the roles of others who fled the scene.
