On the night of April 26, 2025, a shooting at the QuikTrip in the 5600 block of South Cooper Street in Arlington, Texas left two young men dead. Officers arriving about 10:06 p.m. found 20-year-old Omed Abdal and 19-year-old Ayaz Mohsin Abdullah unresponsive in the parking lot with gunshot wounds; both were taken to hospitals and pronounced dead. A third 19-year-old suffered a gunshot wound to the foot and was treated and released.

Police say a physical altercation between two groups in the parking lot escalated. According to reports, 17-year-old Saman Islam allegedly retrieved a firearm from a vehicle and fired multiple rounds, striking the victims. Islam and several others were on scene when officers arrived and were detained. Islam was arrested and booked into the Arlington City Jail on one count of capital murder and one count of aggravated assault with a deadly weapon; bond was set at $1,000,000 for the capital murder count and $100,000 for the aggravated assault charge before transfer to the Tarrant County Jail.

The motive for the fight and shooting remains unclear and the Arlington Police Department continues its investigation. Does anyone have information about the incident or the people involved that could help clarify what led to this violence?