Abdi Sanweyne was 27 when he was shot and killed on Christmas Eve 2017 in Kansas City, Missouri. The shooting occurred shortly after 6 p.m. on the 300 block of Garfield Avenue. Sanweyne was found on a staircase inside a residence with a gunshot wound, was taken to a nearby hospital, and later died of his injuries.

Police searched for the person responsible and a suspect was seen near Independence Boulevard and Garfield Avenue. An alert witness followed the suspect, who was arrested nearby. Officers recovered a handgun in a dumpster where the suspect had tried to hide it. Ballistics testing by the Kansas City Police Department crime laboratory matched a shell casing found near Sanweyne’s body to that handgun.

Charles V. Carter was charged in connection with the killing. Does anyone have information about Abdi Sanweyne, his life in Kansas City, or the events that evening?