Tottenham shooting: Family seeks truth in 'mistaken identity' case
Mr Abdi Mohamed was found with a gunshot wound to the head when police and the London Ambulance Service responded to reports of a shooting on Waverley Road, Tottenham, at about 20:45 GMT on Thursday, 20 March.Another man, aged 26, was also shot in the leg but survived.Det Ch Insp Becky Woodsford from the Metropolitan Police is leading the investigation. She believes Mr Abdi Mohamed was not the intended victim."Mahad was here visiting a friend, he was breaking his fast during Ramadan and at this time we've got no evidence at all to suggest that it's anything other than a tragic case of mistaken identity," she said.
A number of arrests have been made, but police are still appealing for witnesses."We know this was a pre-planned shooting," said Det Ch Insp Woodsford."The people responsible were out to kill somebody that night or cause serious harm."I believe that people will know who is responsible. But we need evidence to place this case before the Crown Prosecution Service and the courts."Mahad was a much-loved father, brother and son, his family are absolutely devastated. We want to get justice for Mahad and his family."
Mr Abdi Mohamed, from Enfield, worked at the railway station and had a second job at evenings and weekends working as security at events at the nearby Tottenham Hotspur stadium.The 27-year-old was saving to get married this summer to the mother of his five-year-old son, who lives in Birmingham.His mother Zahra Ali Seef said he had not visited this estate in years, but had come to visit a friend and eat dessert with him after Isha prayer during the Muslim holy month of Ramadan in March.She broke down in tears as she spoke in Somali through a community interpreter about her "kind, generous son".She asked for help in getting justice for him.
Mr Abdi Mohamed's sister Amal, 23, who is nine months pregnant, plans to call her baby Mahad after the uncle he will never meet."My brother deserved better. He deserves justice," she said."He was a good man and he was deeply loved, and he truly mattered. "So please help us make sure his story doesn't end in silence. Please let our family grieve with the truth and not a mystery."
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