On December 26, 2016, 19-year-old Mohamud Khalif Mohamed was shot inside a residence on Caldwell Place in Columbus, Ohio. Officers and medics found him with a gunshot wound to the chest and he was taken to Grant Hospital, where he died that evening at about 9:24 p.m.

Police determined the shooting was an act of self-defense. Mohamed’s 21-year-old brother, Ali Mohamed, told investigators he shot Mohamud after Mohamud threatened him with a switchblade knife. The Franklin County Coroner’s Office performed a partial autopsy to recover the bullet, honoring the family’s religious objections to a full autopsy. Detectives concluded Ali Mohamed’s actions were justified and no charges were filed.

The case is listed in the Columbus Police Department’s Homicide Cold Case Unit Archive; authorities are asking anyone with information to contact the Columbus Police Department.