Hamsa Mahamed Rashid Hassan

On or about 2/14/25 officers responded to a call of someone slumped over in the driver's seat of an SUV at [ADDRESS REDACTED], Minneapolis, Hennepin County, MN. The driver was identified as Hamsa Hassan [DOB REDACTED], herein Defendant. The SUV was registered as stolen. Officers searched the vehicle and found a black duffel bag in the rear driver's side seat. Inside the bag officers found a black sawed-off shotgun with a shell stuck in the chamber. Officers found three other shotgun shells in the bag.

DNA on the shotgun was tested. The DNA on the shotgun pump grip and ammo tube cover is 5.6 billion times more likely if coming from a mixture of Defendant and three unknown, unrelated individuals than a mixture of four unknown, unrelated individuals. In a Mirandized interview, Defendant admitted to using Fentanyl on that day. The barrel length is less than 14 inches. The total length of the shotgun is less than 25 inches. Defendant is currently on warrant status for another case. The State is respectfully requesting a warrant in this case.