On the night of January 3, 2024, 31-year-old rideshare driver Abdulkadir Shariff Gedi from SeaTac was killed after a confrontation in Edmonds. At about 10:15 p.m., while turning left at Edmonds Way and 236th Street Southwest, Gedi nearly struck a pedestrian in the crosswalk. Dashcam footage shows Gedi slowed and rolled down his window, apparently to apologize, when the pedestrian pulled out a gun and fired multiple shots into the vehicle. Gedi was transported to Harborview Medical Center and died in the early hours of January 4. Investigators recovered 11 shell casings at the scene and noted Gedi’s car was struck nine times.

Witnesses reported a red sedan in the area shortly after the shooting. Police traced the shooter to a nearby apartment complex; doorbell camera footage shows him returning home about five minutes after the shooting. On January 10 police arrested 21-year-old Alex Waggoner outside his apartment; officers found him wearing body armor and carrying two loaded pistols, one later identified as the weapon used. Waggoner admitted to shooting Gedi, said he had been drinking and was going to buy alcohol, and told detectives he had overreacted and was remorseful. Prosecutors charged him with second-degree murder.

Did anyone who was in the area that night or who rode with Gedi that evening see the red sedan or notice anything unusual?