Murder charge stayed against 1 of 3 men accused in fatal shooting of Winnipeg soccer player

Caitlyn Gowriluk · CBC News

· Posted: Jun 03, 2025 1:11 PM EDT | Last Updated: 7 hours ago

One of 3 accused men has had his first-degree execution complaint stayed successful the shooting decease of a 22-year-old shot subordinate successful the parking batch extracurricular a southbound Winnipeg shot analyzable past summer.

The determination came aft prosecutors determined Ibrahim Bangura's engagement successful the sidesplitting of Mohamed Yusuf Abdullahi "is antithetic than the co-accused successful this situation," a provincial spokesperson said successful an email Monday.

A tribunal spokesperson said Bangura's complaint was stayed connected May 13.

Abdullahi was changeable successful the parking batch of the Ralph Cantafio Soccer Complex connected Waverley Street connected July 13. Police were called determination astir 11:45 p.m. and recovered him unresponsive and suffering from gunshot wounds.

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Abdullahi had conscionable finished playing successful the sixth Canada African Cup of Nations 2024 tourney connected Team Eritrea and was changeable portion exiting done the parking batch aft a engaged night, constabulary said astatine the time.

He was rushed to infirmary successful captious condition and pronounced dead.

In February, Winnipeg constabulary announced they'd arrested 2 men successful transportation with Abdullahi's decease and were inactive looking for a third.

Bangura, 26, was arrested successful Winnipeg connected Jan. 20, portion Norbert Kipala, 27, was arrested connected Feb. 5 astatine the Thunder Bay Correctional Centre, wherever helium was already successful custody connected an unrelated matter. Both were charged with first-degree murder.

Police besides asked for the public's assistance uncovering a 3rd fishy successful the case: Tresor Horimbere, 22. They said portion Horimbere has household and friends successful Winnipeg, helium whitethorn beryllium successful Ontario, wherever helium has different household connections.

The provincial spokesperson said Monday that prosecutors can't supply immoderate further comments astir the lawsuit related to Abdullahi's death, "as the substance is earlier the courts, and 1 of the individuals has yet to beryllium arrested."

Abdullahi was calved successful Somalia successful 2002, and his household fled the civilian warfare determination to a exile campy successful Ethiopia, 1 of his teammates said antecedently astatine a memorial for him.

In 2014, Abdullahi and his household moved to Canada, wherever helium yet graduated from Gordon Bell High School. He volunteered arsenic a shot manager for young children and had precocious organized a weeks-long shot programme for Somali children, the teammate said.