On the morning of July 13, 2023, Mohamed Ahmed, 37, owner of the Loud Headz hookah lounge on Kelly Road in Harper Woods, Michigan, was shot and killed while seated in a minivan outside his business at about 9 a.m. A 25-year-old employee was with him and was also struck but survived and was taken to a local hospital in stable condition. Witnesses reported a black Dodge Charger with tinted windows pulled alongside the minivan and a person, possibly wearing a ski mask, fired multiple rounds into the vehicle.

Police treated the attack as targeted rather than random. Investigators later recovered the Dodge Charger, but as of mid-August 2023 the shooter’s identity had not been publicly disclosed and no arrests were announced. Ahmed’s wife was pregnant at the time; he left five children and is remembered by friends and family as charitable and committed to his community.

If anyone saw the Charger, the shooting, or has information about who might have wanted to target Ahmed, please come forward.