Zoo Mohamed Omar

On or about June 2, 2026, Minneapolis police received an alert for a stolen vehicle through an ALPR system. Lake Street East and Hiawatha Avenue. The vehicle had Minnesota license plates TWJ-297, and it was a 2017 Toyota truck. Police caught up to the vehicle at Lake Street and Longfellow Avenue where the vehicle turned southbound onto Longfellow Avenue. At this time, police activated squad lights. The vehicle pulled over in front of [ADDRESS REDACTED]. The male driver who was later identified as ZOO MOHAMED OMAR [DOB REDACTED], Defendant herein, got out of the vehicle and took off running west through the yard of [ADDRESS REDACTED]. Defendant ran on the north side of 3026 Longfellow before jumping a fence into the yard of 3020 Longfellow.

Police chased and apprehended Defendant as he was attempting to stand up and continue running. The car was confirmed stolen and the vehicle owner showed up on scene to take custody of the vehicle. Defendant gave a post-Miranda statement where he stated he received the car from a friend at KFC as an act of charity. Defendant did have warrants for his arrest and is currently in custody for this offense and those warrants, which were felony warrants out of Hennepin County.