Mohamed Nejash, 21, was shot and killed in Columbia City on December 8, 2017. Around 1 p.m., he was riding in a car near Rainier Avenue South and South Genesee Street when another vehicle pulled alongside, a man leaned out the driver’s side window and fired multiple shots into the car. Nejash was struck several times and taken to Harborview Medical Center, where he died.

Seattle Police Department detectives, with assistance from U.S. Marshals, treated the killing as connected to a feud between the Rainier Vista and Holy Park gangs. Officers pursued a vehicle matching witness descriptions the same day; three occupants fled on foot, two were captured and later released when cleared of involvement. Confidential tips and surveillance footage led investigators to allege the gunman had followed Nejash from a nearby marijuana dispensary.

On January 2, 2018, 24-year-old Marhowe Kifle was arrested in Lynnwood and charged with first-degree murder in Nejash’s death; police said they were not seeking additional suspects. Did anyone in Columbia City or the neighborhood see Nejash that afternoon or the vehicles described near Rainier and Genesee?