Mohamed Ali Abdi, 18, was fatally shot on November 6, 2018, after an altercation at a Minneapolis gas station. The confrontation began when Rodney Donta Jackson, then 27, was boxed in by two vehicles; witnesses said Jackson, his girlfriend, and Abdi exchanged words and that Jackson’s girlfriend threw a jar of Vaseline at Abdi. Abdi reportedly threw rocks at Jackson’s SUV, and Jackson shot him in the head through the vehicle window. Abdi was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead later that night.

Police arrested Jackson hours after the shooting at a Roseville movie theater and recovered a .40 caliber semi-automatic handgun. After a two-week trial and eight hours of jury deliberation, Jackson, 28 at trial, was found guilty of second-degree murder and acquitted of first-degree murder. Sentencing was scheduled for November 26; prosecutors were seeking a 30-year term.

If anyone witnessed the shooting or has further information about the events at the gas station that night, please share what is known.