Police have arrested a suspect in the fatal shooting of a 26-year-old Burnsville man Sunday night in south Minneapolis.
Acting on information from investigators, patrol officers arrested the 28-year-old suspect at 26th Street and Nicollet Avenue S. on Thursday afternoon, police spokesman Sgt. William Palmer said in a news release. The man is being held in the Hennepin County jail pending charges.
He's suspected of shooting Guled Hashi Mohamed near Nicollet and Groveland Avenues about 11:30 p.m. Off-duty police officers heard shots and saw a vehicle leave the scene.
They found the vehicle at the SuperAmerica station at 26th Street and Nicollet. Mohamed had been driven there and was inside the car with a gunshot wound. He died Monday at Hennepin County Medical Center.
Police have not identified a motive in the shooting.
He was among six people shot late Sunday or early Monday during a night of unusually heavy gunfire in the city.
The investigation into Mohamed's death will continue, and police are asking anyone with information relating to the case or any of the other shootings to call them at 612-692-8477.
