Jamaal Djama, 29, was fatally shot on August 7, 2008, in Minneapolis’s Cedar-Riverside neighborhood. The area is densely populated and includes many immigrants, among them a large Somali community. Djama’s death is one of several unsolved killings from that period in the neighborhood.

Authorities have linked his killing to a broader pattern of violence in Minneapolis at the time, where gang activity and retaliatory shootings contributed to multiple deaths. Fear of retaliation and the area’s complex crime context have been cited as obstacles to witness cooperation.

Anyone with information that could help provide answers for Djama’s family is asked to come forward.