On August 26, 2018, 20-year-old Ali Mohamed Aliyow, a male of Somali descent, was shot and killed at about 9 p.m. at an apartment complex on Knob Hill Court West in Franklin Township, Columbus, Ohio. He was found with a single gunshot wound to the chest and was pronounced dead at the scene.

Investigators say the shooting followed an argument over a narcotics transaction. Witnesses reported that Aliyow and 23-year-old Daquan Jayshaun Lee argued, that Aliyow struck Lee in the face, and that Lee then pulled a handgun from his back pocket and shot Aliyow once in the chest. Witnesses detained Lee at the scene; he later admitted in an interview with Franklin County Sheriff’s detectives that he fired the gun and was charged with murder and held for arraignment.

The case underscores the deadly outcome of disputes tied to illegal activity. If anyone saw what happened on Knob Hill Court West that night or has information about the incident, please come forward.