On the night of December 19, 2024, 31-year-old Hakeem Kaisan-Oliver Washington, a Black/African American man, was shot in the 3500 block of Penn Avenue North in Minneapolis. Gunfire was detected by the city’s gunfire detection system shortly before 11 p.m., and officers who responded found Washington suffering from gunshot wounds. He received medical aid at the scene and was taken to North Memorial Health Hospital in Robbinsdale, but died of his injuries.

Washington was a father of four children, aged 10, 9, 6, and 2, and is described as hardworking, caring, and devoted to his family. As of late December 2024, the Minneapolis police were investigating the homicide; no arrests had been made, no suspects publicly identified, and no motive released. The investigation remains ongoing.

If anyone has information that could help investigators or remembers seeing activity in the 3500 block of Penn Avenue North that night, please come forward.