Abdirizak Mahamed Abader, a 27-year-old Black man from Mankato, Minnesota, was killed by a gunshot wound to the chest after being found in an alley near West Lake Street and Blaisdell Avenue in Minneapolis’ Whittier neighborhood on the afternoon of May 16, 2024. Officers responding to a possible overdose call about 2:15 p.m. discovered Abader with a gunshot wound; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead. The Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled the death a homicide.

Surveillance footage from the nearby Karmal Mall and other cameras played a central role in the investigation. Video shows Abader walking into the alley around 1:47 p.m.; two other men enter around 2:03 p.m. A witness reported hearing three men arguing just before a shot, and a 9 mm cartridge was recovered near Abader’s body. Two men were identified from the video and charged: 19-year-old Adnan Hassanur Ismael of Minneapolis and 24-year-old Barkat Abdi Nour of Blaine.

Court records show the cases ended differently. Nour later pleaded guilty under a Norgaard plea and was sentenced to 150 months in prison with nearly $7,000 restitution. Charges against Ismael were dismissed after a newly obtained statement led prosecutors to conclude probable cause no longer existed. Does anyone have information about Abader’s time near West Lake Street that afternoon or about the alley where he was found?