Mohammed Aly, a male employee at Randy’s Pizza in Durham, North Carolina, was fatally shot inside the restaurant in a shopping center on South Miami Boulevard on February 26, 2026. He was pronounced dead at the scene. Friends and co-workers remembered him as having a contagiously positive personality, being a boxer, and a devout Muslim; his family began Islamic funeral preparations.

Authorities arrested a 30-year-old co-worker, identified as Isaiah Rawlinson, at the scene and charged him with first-degree murder. Rawlinson made an initial court appearance, was assigned a public defender, was noted to have no prior convictions, and was ordered held without bond; a next hearing was set for March 18. Court documents and early reports indicate the shooting may have followed an argument between the two employees.

Does anyone have information about the restaurant, the shopping center on South Miami Boulevard, or witnessed the incident or its aftermath?