On July 17, 2017, the body of 17-year-old Mohanned Abdul Hafiz Abukhdeir was discovered along the roadside in Fridley, a suburb of Minneapolis, Minnesota. The discovery was made in the early hours of the morning, around 1 a.m., near the 7600 block of Meadowmoor Drive. Mohanned had been shot, and his body was found just half a block from his home, where he lived with his family.
The Anoka County Sheriff's Office quickly identified a suspect in the case.
Zakariya Hassan Ahmed, a 19-year-old man from Robbinsdale, was arrested by Minneapolis police in connection with the killing. Ahmed was taken into custody but had not been charged immediately following his arrest. The case was under review by the Anoka County Attorney's Office to determine the appropriate charges.
The arrest of Zakariya Hassan Ahmed came after an active pursuit by law enforcement. The details surrounding the motive for the shooting or the relationship between Ahmed and Abukhdeir were not immediately clear. The investigation was ongoing, with authorities working to piece together the events leading up to the tragic death of the teenager.
