Alameen Allah Shabazz, 22, was fatally shot on June 22, 2021, while walking in front of the Nice Family African Market at 7401 Regent Avenue in Brooklyn Park. He was struck by gunfire from someone in a car and later died at North Memorial Health Hospital.

Investigators described the shooter as a man with dreadlocks who fired from a silver Chrysler. A 17-year-old girl was identified as the getaway driver; she later testified that Benjamin Richardson III, then 25, was the shooter. Richardson was arrested in Bedford County, Virginia, on January 18, 2023, and charged with second-degree murder. The victim’s girlfriend, the only eyewitness at the scene, could not identify Richardson in a lineup. Richardson’s lawyer challenged the girl’s testimony and the lack of physical evidence linking him to the shooting.

In July 2023 the murder charge against Richardson was dismissed when prosecutors said they could not prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt. No other suspects have been publicly identified or arrested. Does anyone have information about that night outside the Nice Family African Market that could help move this case forward?