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12 hours ago
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Charging documents give new details on Villages at Essex Park shooting
Jul. 9—ROCHESTER — The man accused of shooting and killing a person last week at an apartment complex in northwest Rochester has been charged with two counts of murder. Ibrahim Abukaar Abdi, 32, of Rochester, was arrested on Monday, July 7. On Wednesday, he was charged with one count of second-degree murder without intent and not premeditated, one count of second-degree murder without intent while committing a felony, one count of second-degree assault with a dangerous weapon and one count of felony possession of a firearm. Rochester Police Department officers were dispatched around 11:30 a.m. Thursday, July 3, to The Villages at Essex Park Apartments in Rochester. Law enforcement provided lifesaving measures, but the man, later identified as 35-year-old Sadik A. Yusuf, died at the scene. According to the criminal complaint, Yusuf died "as a result of being shot in the neck." The complaint says officers spoke to an eyewitness to the shooting who said he and another individual were with Abdi earlier in the day on July 3. The eyewitness said he, Abdi and the third person went to the Western Union on 37th Street Northwest and then traveled to the apartment complex. The third person then left the apartment complex. While Abdi and the witness were outside the 1051 building, Yusuf arrived in a vehicle. An argument began between Yusuf and Abdi "over money and disrespect," the complaint said. "During the dispute, (Yusuf) took a plastic bag containing marijuana from Abdi," the complaint said. "After that occurred, Abdi brandished a firearm from a satchel-style bag on his person and shot (Yusuf) in the neck." Abdi then left the area. The witness attempted to help Yusuf until law enforcement arrived. Later, officers spoke to the third man, who corroborated the events before the fight started. He said he later started receiving phone calls from Abdi saying he had an emergency. When the man got home, "Abdi was in his house and acting 'weird' and 'different,'" the complaint says. The man gave law enforcement the phone number Abdi used to call him. On July 7, officers used location data technology to track Abdi's cell phone and determined he was in another building at the Essex Park complex. He was arrested without incident. Abdi later told law enforcement that he did not remember where he was on July 3 and denied being with the two other men that day. "Surveillance video from Hy-Vee on 37th Street contradicts this statement," the complaint says. "Abdi was asked if he knew (Yusuf), and he said the name did not sound too familiar." He said he had heard about a person dying at Essex Park, but denied knowing anything about the shooting. He also denied being around the apartment complex that day. The complaint says surveillance footage at the apartment complex "shows Abdi walking towards the location of the shooting" right before it happened and also shows him walking away from the area immediately after. The specific area where the shooting happened was not visible in the surveillance camera footage. When asked about being seen on surveillance footage, according to the complaint, Abdi said, "Yeah, that's crazy. I don't remember." Abdi was adjudicated in four juvenile cases involving burglary and threats of violence and was not eligible to possess a firearm or ammunition, the complaint says. He is being held on $1 million unconditional bond.
Yahoo
3 days ago
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Medical examiner releases identity of 35-year-old killed in shooting
Jul. 7—ROCHESTER — The Southern Minnesota Regional Medical Examiner's Office identified the individual who died outside of a northwest Rochester apartment complex on Thursday, July 3, as Sadik A. Yusuf, 35. Rochester Police Department officers were dispatched around 11:30 a.m. Thursday to The Villages at Essex Park Apartments in Rochester. Law enforcement provided lifesaving measures, but the man died at the scene. "Preliminary investigation indicates this was not a random act," RPD previously said in a statement. Ibrahim Abukaar Abdi, 31, of Rochester was arrested on Monday, July 7. The charges are pending with the Olmsted County Attorney's Office. The investigation is still ongoing.
