![Minneapolis Police officers investigated the armed robbery of a store and shooting of a clerk on the 400 block of Cedar Ave S. ] LEILA NAVIDI • leila.navidi@startribune.com](https://arc.stimg.co/startribunemedia/XSA6J6ED2MD5TP3JGG3LIG6WIA.jpg?&w=1080)
A Minneapolis man pleaded guilty Friday in federal court to a violent robbery last spring that ended with the shooting death of a man in the store, according to the U.S. Attorney's Office.
Marlow Ramsey Carson, 30, pleaded guilty to a count each of robbery and possession of ammunition by a felon. Carson, who had prior felony convictions, is barred from possessing firearms or ammunition.
According to court records, Carson robbed Blue Sky Wireless and West Bend Furniture store in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood of Minneapolis on April 27, demanding money from the store owner at gunpoint.
When a friend of the owner responded, Carson shot him several times before running from the store and jumping into a waiting car, which sped away. Carson was arrested the next day in St. Paul and booked in Hennepin County on suspicion of murder.
The shooting victim — Abdifatah H. Mohamed, 40, who was also known by the name Liban Osman Baqare — was taken to a hospital and pronounced dead, becoming the city's 24th homicide victim of 2021. A long-haul truck driver, he had just come back from a trip and stopped at the store about 40 minutes before the shooting occurred. He left a wife and four children.
Carson will be sentenced at a later date.
