Ahmed Zainuldeen was 23 when he was shot and killed on September 19, 2023, in Arapahoe County, Colorado, less than a year after he and his family resettled in the United States as refugees. Described as bright and curious, he was working multiple jobs to support his family and had dreams of becoming a pilot or working in IT. He had recently purchased a 2012 Hyundai Sonata, which drew the attention of suspects that night.

In the early morning hours Zainuldeen was alerted to his car alarm in the parking lot of his apartment complex near South Quebec Street and East Yale Avenue. When he confronted people attempting to steal the vehicle he was shot; his brother Mahmood found him on the ground. The suspects fled in Zainuldeen’s car, which was later recovered abandoned in a southeast Aurora neighborhood.

Investigators arrested three juveniles in connection with the killing. Two teens, Raydon Collins and Dhaevontae Rogers-Broadus, were charged as adults. A 14-year-old girl was prosecuted in juvenile court and later received a custodial juvenile sentence. Did anyone in the neighborhood see activity around that parking lot in the hours before or after the shooting?