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The upcoming episode of ID‘s See No Evil will explore the 2010 Minneapolis shooting in Seward Market. The episode, titled “Too Much Video,” will air on the network on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 9 p.m. ET.
Two masked men entered the Seward Market, a convenience store on East Franklin Avenue in Minneapolis, and initiated a robbery. It ended in a triple homicide on the night of January 6, 2010. One of the men held a handgun and demanded money. An employee named Osman Elmi and his relative, Mohamed Warfa, were behind the counter at 7:44 p.m. According to court documents related to the 2010 Minneapolis shooting, that was when the intruders entered.
When they entered, two customers had been shopping inside. The masked men threatened Elmi and Warfa with a gun when both of them called out to the shoppers to contact the police. The men then took their cell phones away from the shoppers. The woman reportedly lied that she didn’t have a cell phone while the masked men hit the elderly man.
Surveillance footage revealed that Anwar Mohammed entered the store after the robbery began and was shot twice. He was shot once in the head, which led to his death. The armed men then allegedly exited the place before one of them returned and shot Warfa at least twice. They then fled again, after which Elmi attempted to reach out for his cell phone. The shooter returned to chase Elmi through the store and shot him thrice in the back. All three victims died at the crime scene.
Who was convicted of the triple homicide at the 2010 Minneapolis shooting?
As per court documents, Mahdi Hassan Ali, who was a teenager at the time of the shooting, was accused of the three murders. Although he was not an adult at the time of the crime, the Minnesota Supreme Court upheld the district court’s decision to try him as an adult. Ali was reportedly born in Somalia and didn’t have a birth certificate. His attorney argued that he was only 15 at the time of the shooting, but this was proved untrue in an age verification that the court demanded, CBS News reported.
According to the criminal complaint, Mahdi Hassan Ali entered the store along with another teenager, Ahmed Shire Ali. The boys were arrested within 48 hours of the 2010 Minneapolis shooting. Ahmed claimed they only planned to carry out a robbery and get some money. However, Mahdi Hassan Ali shot the three people because he was afraid they would recognize him, according to Fox 9.
As per court documents, in September 2011, Mahdi Hassan Ali was convicted of “first-degree felony murder while committing or attempting to commit aggravated robbery, one count of first-degree premeditated murder, and two counts of second-degree murder” in the 2010 Minneapolis shooting. In October 2011, the court sentenced Mahdi Hassan Ali to three consecutive life sentences with no possibility for parole, MPR News reported.
The upcoming episode of See No Evil exploring the 2010 Minneapolis shooting will air on Wednesday, February 28, 2024, at 9 p.m. ET.
