Juvenile arrested in Cedar-Riverside shooting
A 16-year-old boy was arrested Monday as a suspect in the Sept. 22 killing of the 20-year-old Augsburg student.
Ahmednur Ali was shot and killed in front of the Brian Coyle Community Center in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis after his first day working there. There was a large crowd of witnesses who, the Star Tribune reports, police say were apprehensive at first to provide information.
According to the Minnesota Daily, “They want the witnesses to remain very anonymous for fear of retaliation,� Minneapolis police spokesman Sgt. Jesse Garcia said. “We’re leaving that whole witness thing very vague on purpose.�
The Star Tribune reports that a motive for the killing hasn’t been released but reports that Ali was involved in a dispute with the suspect.
The Minnesota Daily reports that the name of the juvenile cannot be released unless he is charged as an adult – a possibility in this case.