On August 31, 2020, Omar Kenyatta Cotrell Berkley, a 30-year-old Black man from St. Paul, was fatally shot in the 2900 block of Oliver Avenue North in Minneapolis. Callers to 911 reported finding him on the grass near the curb with a gunshot wound to the head at about 4:24 p.m. Officers and medics provided aid and transported him to North Memorial Medical Center in Robbinsdale, where he died shortly after arrival. The Hennepin County medical examiner ruled the death a homicide caused by the gunshot wound.

Witnesses said a smaller, dark-colored SUV fled the scene immediately after the shooting. Berkley was remembered by family as kind, jovial, and devoted to his children. His death was recorded as the city’s 56th homicide that year. The investigation remains open and no suspects or arrests have been publicly identified.

If anyone knew Berkley, saw a dark-colored SUV in the area that afternoon, or has information relevant to the case, please share what is known.