Abdukadir Filanwaa, 55, a Somali-American taxi driver who had worked in Indianapolis for about 25 years, was found shot to death in his yellow minivan taxi in the early morning of September 10, 2022. A 911 caller reported the cab parked near 11th and New Jersey streets with its doors open and the engine running; officers arriving shortly after 4 a.m. discovered Filanwaa in the driver’s seat and medics pronounced him dead at the scene.

Investigators recovered security camera footage from inside the taxi that reportedly shows two people getting into the cab at a Greyhound bus station. The video is said to capture one of them producing a gun, pushing it into Filanwaa’s side, and ordering him to drive, along with a heated exchange about about $20 before the taxi stopped and Filanwaa was shot multiple times. The slaying deeply affected fellow drivers and the local Muslim community, who remembered him as a polite, generous man who had fled Somalia and worked for decades to support his family.

Anyone who knew Filanwaa, his routes, or who may have seen activity near 11th and New Jersey around that time is asked to come forward with information.