Saturday, June 28, 2008
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MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - Police from Minneapolis and Brooklyn Center are trying to work with the local Somali community to solve four unsolved slayings of Somali men since December in the two cities.
The most recent murder was of Mohamed Jama. The Minneapolis man died from a gunshot wound to the head early Wednesday outside a Brooklyn Center hotel.
Jama's brother and a friend were shot to death on December 1 in Minneapolis. An 18-year-old Somali man was killed in April in the Cedar-Riverside area. There have been no charges in any of the killings.
At a meeting Friday night, officials from both police departments told the group of about 100 that police won't be able to solve the killings without help from the community. Omar Jamal, the executive director of the Somali Justice Advocacy Center, helped set up the meeting and is encouraging his fellow Somalis to pass tips to police.
Source: AP, June 28, 2008