Ahmed Muafaq Abdulhu Al Naddf was shot and killed on the evening of March 12, 2018, on a Rochester, Minnesota, sidewalk. He was 40 and an Iraqi immigrant who had moved to the United States in 2014 with his wife and two children. The confrontation began when a group of men accused his vehicle of striking a parked car; there was no damage to either vehicle. During the argument Al Naddf took out his cellphone, apparently to record, and one of the men, identified as Sao Yim Jr., brandished a handgun and shot him in the chest. He died at the scene.

Surveillance video from a nearby apartment building captured the incident and showed two suspects searching Al Naddf’s pockets after he was shot; that footage helped police locate suspects and the handgun believed to have been used. Four men were arrested: 25-year-old Eric Tyler Lee, 24-year-old Sao Yim Jr., 23-year-old Traequan Bamlounghong, and 24-year-old Deante Stanifer. Sao Yim Jr. was charged with second-degree murder and Eric Lee was charged with aiding an offender; the other two initially arrested were later released. No prior connection between Al Naddf and the assailants was reported.

If anyone witnessed the March 12 confrontation or has information about the men involved, please come forward.