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Abdikadir M. Issack

Age : 23

Gender : Male

Race : Middle Eastern

Date : 11/08/2022

Location : Lindau Lane entrance ramp to eastbound Interstate 494, near Mall of America

City : Bloomington

County : Hennepin

State : Minnesota

Agency : Bloomington Police Department

Officer(s) :Not Disclosed

Cause of Death : Vehicle

Event : Passenger killed by police chase crash

OPEN RECORDS SUMMARY :

REASON FOR CHASE:
Police chase for vehicle reported stolen.
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NARRATIVE:
On 11/08/2022, 23-year-old Abdikadir M. Issack of Willmar was killed when a stolen Honda Accord driven by 25-year-old Abdeljabar Ahmed Sharif crashed while fleeing Bloomington police near the Mall of America. Issack was the front-seat passenger.
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Shortly before 4:00 p.m., an automated license-plate reader at a Mall of America parking-ramp entrance identified the Honda as a vehicle reported stolen from Minneapolis. Bloomington police coordinated with mall security to locate the vehicle and officers attempted a high-risk traffic stop on the ground level of the West Parking Ramp.
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Sharif drove away from the officers and traveled onto Lindau Lane toward the entrance ramp to eastbound Interstate 494. Accounts differ somewhat in how they characterize the police activity immediately before the crash. The Minnesota State Patrol crash record characterized Bloomington police as pursuing the Honda, while the criminal complaint stated that Bloomington officers did not actively pursue after the Honda left Mall of America property. Bloomington Police Chief Booker Hodges later said officers did not have sufficient time to initiate a pursuit before the crash.
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At approximately 4:03 p.m., Sharif lost control while negotiating the entrance ramp. The Honda jumped a median, crossed another lane, left the roadway and struck a concrete bridge pillar. Issack suffered fatal injuries and was pronounced dead at the scene. Sharif and rear passenger Kanani Mekonen Legese, 20, survived with non-life-threatening injuries.
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SOURCE LINKS :

https://www.startribune.com/man-who-died-in-crash-of-a-stolen-car-fleeing-police-out-of-moa-ramp-was-23-year-old-from-willmar/600223903/
https://www.cbsnews.com/minnesota/news/1-dead-2-hurt-in-stolen-vehicle-crash-near-mall-of-america-police-say/
https://kstp.com/kstp-news/local-news/man-faces-criminal-vehicular-homicide-charges-for-stolen-car-crash-in-bloomington/
https://www.fox9.com/news/driver-sentenced-in-stolen-vehicle-fatal-crash-near-mall-of-america