On August 9, 2021, at about 11:08 a.m., 36-year-old Telly Tremaine Blair was shot multiple times while seated in the driver’s seat of his car at an Amstar gas station on West Broadway Avenue in Minneapolis. A nurse at the scene attempted to render aid but Blair was bleeding profusely and unconscious; he was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead less than an hour later. The medical examiner ruled the cause of death multiple gunshot wounds and the manner of death homicide.

Surveillance video showed a male walk by Blair’s car, motion to him, go into the convenience store, then exit and approach the driver’s side before firing several shots into the vehicle. Confidential informants later pointed to a nearby teenager who had allegedly confessed and who was identified from the footage as the shooter. Police arrested 17-year-old Khalil H. Shabazz at his home and seized clothing that appeared to match what the shooter wore. A judge ordered he be tried as an adult, and he was charged with one count of intentional second-degree murder.

The motive has not been publicly detailed. If anyone saw the shooting or has information about Blair’s movements that morning, please share what is known.