Ahmed Mahamed Badal, 35, was killed in Minneapolis in the early hours of April 12, 2021. Police were dispatched just after 2:00 a.m. following a ShotSpotter activation and found a two-vehicle crash near 14th Avenue South and East 28th Street. Officers discovered a 15-year-old, Jaden Mitchell Blackmon, fatally shot inside one car and later found Badal lying in the street about a block away with a gunshot wound. Paramedics pronounced Badal dead at the scene; the Hennepin County Medical Examiner ruled both deaths homicides from gunshot wounds to the chest.

Court documents link Badal’s death to an armed robbery attempt. Surveillance video shows Badal’s Hyundai colliding with a suspect vehicle allegedly driven by a 14-year-old, after which a second suspect car arrived. A man from that car reportedly walked toward Badal and opened fire as Badal tried to run. The charged suspect later told authorities he and several accomplices, including the 14-year-old driver and Blackmon, had been armed and robbing people that night and that one accomplice accidentally shot Blackmon. The investigation also notes another victim was shot in the leg and survived with non-life-threatening injuries.

Police charged a man in November 2022 and the case was moving forward in the courts at that time. Does anyone have information about the robbery or the vehicles involved that could help investigators?