On the evening of March 31, 2015, 29-year-old Mouhammed Hassan, known as Mo, did not return home as promised and was found behind the counter at the Platinum Pawn Shop on Dix Highway in Lincoln Park, Michigan, having been shot multiple times. The shop’s interior was in disarray, and investigators collected several bags of evidence; police described the scene as suggesting a violent struggle and believed the killing may have been a robbery.

Hassan, a Fordson High School graduate who had worked at the pawn shop for nearly four years, left a pregnant wife and a young son. Family and community members remembered him as funny, caring, and kind-hearted; his brother Ali Hassan noted they were born on the same day a year apart. Lincoln Park police, with help from the Michigan State Police, reviewed surveillance footage from the pawn shop and neighboring businesses but did not publicly identify suspects or a clear motive.

More than a year later the case remained unsolved and Crime Stoppers offered a $5,000 reward for information leading to an arrest. If anyone knew Mouhammed, saw unusual activity near the pawn shop that night, or has information about this case, please come forward.