Salad Shugri Abdi

On 04/03/2026 around 2100 hours, law enforcement officers with the Minneapolis Police Department received information about the location of a suspect (AJ) on warrant for a violent crime. AJ was located in a parking garage near Lake Street and Fremont Avenue in Minneapolis, Hennepin County. AJ was located leaning on the hood of a grey Kia sedan. The sedan was later confirmed to be registered to SALAD SHUGRI ABDI, [DOB REDACTED] (ABDI). ABDI was near AJ at the time of law enforcement arrival. Also in the group was an individual (TO) on warrant for possession of a machine gun.

ABDI had the key to the Kia in his possession. Law enforcement towed the Kia and searched it pursuant to a search warrant. Two firearms were located in the vehicle. One firearm was recovered under the driver's seat in a position only accessible by the driver. It was a Glock 23.40 caliber bearing serial number BSYM385. It was modified with an auto-sear known to law enforcement to render the firearm a fully automatic machine gun. This firearm was also confirmed stolen. The second firearm was located in a backpack on the backseat.

This firearm was a Glock.40 caliber with an obliterated/altered serial number. Paperwork in the name of TO was inside the backpack containing the firearm. The BCA processed the firearms and TO was excluded from the first firearm with the switch. TO's BCA profile matched the profile of the major male on the second firearm. A BCA report dated 06/09/2026 identified ABDI's profile as the major male profile of various swabs from the driver's seat of the Kia. The BCA also determined that the profile from the firearm located under the driver's seat with the auto-sear was a mixture that supported the inclusion of ABDI with the highest statistical equivalent provided by the BCA. ABDI was excluded as a contributor to the second firearm.

A warrant is requested due to the presumptive sentence and public safety risk posed by the offense herein.