Minneapolis, MN
Fargo man charged in cold case Minneapolis murder
MINNEAPOLIS (KARE 11) — A man who prosecutors say fled the country after killing someone outside a busy gas station in 2013 is back in Minneapolis and charged with murder.
Prosecutors say 30-year-old Suleiman Abdulkadir Ali is being held in the Hennepin County jail on charges of second-degree murder, which took place the night before Halloween. He is in custody due to a tip police received in 2022, and what investigators say is a subsequent DNA match.
Minneapolis police squads were dispatched to Bobby and Steve’s Auto World at the intersection of Washington Avenue South and 12th Avenue South just before midnight. When officers arrived they found 26-year-old Abdirahman Haji-Ahmed sitting in the driver’s seat of a running vehicle, shot multiple times in the head. Haji-Ahmed was pronounced dead on the scene.
A security guard on duty told police she had seen a man wearing a multi-colored letterman-style jacket jumping a fence and running away following the shooting.
Investigators recovered five .45 shells from inside the vehicle, and determined that all the shots had been fired from the back seat of the vehicle. They also found a torn piece of cloth next to a fence that was believed to be from the shooter’s jacket.
Prosecutors say a phone number recovered from the victim’s phone led them to a woman who told police she had driven to Bobby and Steve’s with her boyfriend and another man she didn’t know to buy weed from Haji-Ahmed. She refused to say what happened or identify the two men.
Surveillance video captured a man in a letterman-style jacket, later identified as Suleiman Abdulkadir Ali, getting out of the woman’s vehicle about ten minutes before the fatal shooting. As police collected against him, they learned the suspect had fled the country, likely to Somalia, and the case went cold.
In 2022, court documents say, a tipster contacted police and told them Abdulkadir Ali had contacted her on the day of the murder and said he needed money to flee the country. The woman said he admitted to killing Haji-Ahmed and needed to flee because he had been caught on video at the gas station.
Homicide detectives learned in March of 2024 that Abdulkadir Ali was back in the U.S. and living in Fargo. They obtained a warrant to obtain his DNA and collected a sample to compare with the piece of jacket found at the murder scene. Tests reportedly show the defendant is among just .6% of the world’s population who could be a potential match.
Court documents indicate police caught up with Ali in Grand Forks.
Suleiman Abdulkadir Ali will appear in Hennepin County District Court on charges of second-degree murder on May 16.
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The scene of the crash at 26th Avenue North and Emerson Avenue North in Minneapolis. (FOX 9)
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A Minneapolis woman was sentenced for her role in a deadly crash that killed two women and injured two other people in December 2024.
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Woman sentenced in fatal Minneapolis crash
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Prosecutors say Teniki Steward drove a Buick Enclave into a bus shelter and a Ford Explorer after speeding through a red light.
Both of the women in the Ford Explorer died in the crash. They were identified as 53-year-old Ester Jean Fulks and 57-year-old Rose Elaine Reece.
During the crash, the Ford Explorer went off the road, injuring a 17-year-old boy who was waiting for a school bus.
The passenger in Steward’s vehicle also suffered injuries.
Minneapolis police said that Steward was also injured in the crash.
Steward pleaded guilty to multiple murder charges.
What they’re saying:
During the sentencing, the daughter of one of the victims had a statement read on her behalf:
“There’s nothing that can truly prepare you for the moment your entire world is taken from you. Losing my mom has left a pain in my heart that words will never be able to explain.”
What’s next:
Minnesota law requires that Steward serves at least two-thirds of her sentence, a bit under eight-and-a-half years, in prison.
Fatal Emerson and 26th crash
The backstory:
According to the criminal complaint, through surveillance videos from the scene of the crash and witnesses, investigators learned that Steward, driving the Buick Enclave, had been driving at a high rate of speed northbound on Emerson Avenue North.
Before the fatal crash, Steward sped through the intersection of Emerson Avenue North and Broadway Avenue North, running a red light and nearly causing a crash, the charges said.
Steward then continued to speed northbound down Emerson Avenue North, and ran another red light at 26th Avenue North, hitting the Ford Explorer, which was traveling eastbound, according to the complaint.
The Ford Explorer had been at the intersection of Emerson and 26th on a green light.
Hennepin County Attorney Mary Moriarty shared the following statement:
“This was an egregious act that took Rose and Esther’s lives and injured a child waiting to go to school at a bus stop. Ms. Steward was driving at extremely dangerous speeds on city streets and narrowly avoided multiple collisions before the incident occurred. Third-degree murder charges are appropriate to hold her accountable and protect our community.”
The Source: This story uses information gathered from an Olmsted County court appearance and previous FOX 9 reporting.
A motorcyclist is dead after an early morning crash in Minneapolis Friday morning.
The Minnesota State Patrol said that at 1:20 a.m., a Suzuki Motorcycle going north on I-35W at Johnson Street hit the left side of the median guard rail.
The motorcycle continued north for about another quarter mile before coming to a rest on the right-hand side.
State Patrol said the rider came to rest on the left shoulder. He was later identified as 21-year-old Andrew James Neuberger.
ROCHESTER, Minn. (KTTC) – The Rochester Spartans boys volleyball team played its second game on consecutive nights. The Spartans beat Minneapolis Camden 3-0.
Rochester’s next game will be Tuesday, April 21, at St. Anthony Village at 7:00 p.m.
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