On the evening of March 21, 2020, 22-year-old Surajadin Mohamed Ahmed was shot and killed inside an apartment in Aurora, Colorado. Two men had gone to the 10900 block of East 16th Avenue that night intending to buy marijuana. After a brief conversation, Ahmed went into a bathroom and closed the door. The assailants then took several large bags of marijuana and left; Ahmed was taken to a hospital and died of his injuries.

Aurora police identified Octavis Styles and Thomas Boles as the suspects. Styles was arrested in Florida in December 2020 and extradited to Colorado; Boles was also taken into custody. Court records show Boles pleaded guilty to aggravated robbery with a deadly weapon and Styles pleaded guilty to second-degree murder, with both men receiving prison sentences.

Does anyone have information about Ahmed’s life in Aurora or who might have known about the intended transaction that night?