Authorities on Friday identified a 24-year-old man who was gunned down on a south Minneapolis street this week as detectives continued to search for a suspect who shot him.
Authorities believe man fatally shot in south Minneapolis was not intended target
Early-morning altercation escalated into gunfire.
May 18, 2019 at 4:19AM
Shuaib Osman was near several people who were involved in a dispute that police say escalated into gunfire early Thursday. One of the shots struck Osman — who apparently was not the intended target — in the head, mortally wounding him. He was rushed to HCMC, where he died of his injuries, police said.
No motive has been offered for the attack, which a department spokesman said wasn't connected to any other recent shooting.
The death was the city's eighth homicide of the year.
Police were summoned to the 2700 block of S. 16th Avenue about 4:30 a.m. Thursday after several 911 callers described an altercation between several people involving gunplay. When they arrived, officers found Osman bleeding from a gunshot wound to the head.
By Friday morning, the crime scene tape had been taken down from where Osman was found, outside a two-story beige duplex near the end of the block. The homicide comes amid a recent spate of gun violence.
In the latest episode, a 23-year-old woman was shot in the foot early Friday outside a bar on W. Broadway Avenue in north Minneapolis, according to police. Witnesses reportedly told police the woman was leaving the bar when she heard a gunshot and realized that she had been struck by a bullet.
Friends and relatives on social media recalled Osman as a bright and ambitious young man who "never stopped smiling." According to a brief biography on a GoFundMe page created by family to help cover funeral costs, he was "always a caring and compassionate person."
"My brother did not deserve this but his time has come," his sister Samira Osman wrote. "All anyone could really do is pray for him."
A LinkedIn page for Osman lists him as an associate business systems analyst at Ecolab with a bachelor's of science degree from Metropolitan State University. It also featured a YouTube video of Osman selling himself to potential employers.
"I am a quick learner, I am great with new technologies and I'm also a proficient communicator," he says in the short clip. "I'm looking for an opportunity to speak with you."
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