Abdalla Shegow Aboke, 32, was shot and killed in Columbus, Ohio, on June 29, 2019. The shooting occurred in a parking lot on Sullivant Avenue at about 4:50 a.m.; Aboke was later pronounced dead at Grant Medical Center. The encounter began as a verbal altercation that escalated into the shooting.

Surveillance footage from the scene identified 23-year-old Ali Jeylani Sheikh as the alleged shooter. Sheikh was charged with murder and taken into custody; the Columbus Police Homicide Unit led the investigation and witnesses at the scene provided information used in the case. Aboke’s death was recorded as the city’s 53rd homicide in 2019.

If anyone witnessed the incident or has information that could help the investigation, please share what is known.