In the early morning of October 26, 2019, 25-year-old Hamza Warsame was fatally shot on Westminster Avenue in the Roxbury neighborhood of Boston. Officers responding to reports of gunfire around 3:47 a.m. found two people at the scene with gunshot wounds; both were taken to a local hospital, where Warsame was pronounced dead and the other victim was treated for life-threatening injuries. A third person, a woman, was later located on Ruthven Street with a non-life-threatening gunshot wound that investigators linked to the Westminster Avenue shooting.

The investigation identified a suspect several weeks later. In December 2019, Boston police arrested 26-year-old James Nelson in Brockton; Nelson was charged with Warsame’s murder. Reports about Warsame’s residence varied early on, with some linking him to Pasadena, California, while later reports described him as a Medford, Massachusetts, resident.

If anyone knew Hamza or has information about the shooting, please share what is known.