Abdirisaq Ahmed, a 35-year-old Somali man who was homeless, was shot and killed in San Diego’s City Heights neighborhood on April 21, 2022. He was found on a sidewalk in the Chollas Creek area around 12:30 a.m. with multiple gunshot wounds and died after being taken to a local hospital despite aid from officers and paramedics.

San Diego Police Department homicide detectives identified 20-year-old Antwan Jbyrd Quiroz as the primary suspect and arrested him near the scene on April 22, 2022; he was booked into San Diego Central Jail on suspicion of murder and held without bail. Police did not disclose a motive for the shooting.

The case drew attention because of Ahmed’s circumstances and the quick arrest; investigators asked anyone with information to come forward. Does anyone have information about Ahmed’s movements that night or about what happened in the Chollas Creek area around 12:30 a.m. on April 21, 2022?