Family's plea for truth after man shot dead in 'case of mistaken identity'
The family of a 'much-loved son, brother and father' who was shot dead in north London have appealed for information about his murder.
Mahad Abdi Mohamed, 27, died after being shot in the head in Waverley Road, Tottenham, at 8.45 pm on March 20, the Metropolitan Police said.
DCI Rebecca Woodsford said the suspects got out of a stolen Mitsubishi Outlander, which was later recovered, burned out, and fired the gunshots which killed him.
Police previously said they had arrested four adult men on suspicion of murder who were subsequently bailed.
DCI Woodsford, the senior investigating officer into the murder, said Mohamed's family were devastated by the murder.
Appealing for information, DCI Woodsford said: 'We believe he is a completely innocent person in this, and actually this is a case of mistaken identity. I believe this was a pre-planned shooting, although I also believe that Mahad was killed mistakenly; those suspects were out that night to murder someone and cause serious harm.
'And I truly believe that somebody does know some information about this. If you think you have information about the people that could be involved, the people that might have helped or burned the vehicle out, I'm appealing for people to come forward.'
Mohamed's younger sister, Amal Abdi Mohamed, 23, said her brother was a loving father to his son and was planning to get married in the summer.
Mohamed had worked at Waterloo Station, as well as part-time at the Tottenham Hotspur Stadium and Royal Ascot as a security worker.
Amal added: 'My beloved brother is gone, and we still don't know why. Someone knows what happened to him, and yet we are here with no answer, no justice, and just a family torn apart trying to navigate through the pain.
'He was taken away from us through gun violence. A bullet didn't just take his life, it tore through our family, through our heart, and it's truly shocking, it's devastating, and it's so senseless, because this type of violence should never be normal.
'It should never be something a family ever has to expect, prepare for, or live with. He had this rare gift of making people feel seen, heard and loved, and if you were having a bad day, you would just want to be around him.'
Many of Mohamed's family members were in tears as they visited the scene of his murder as part of the appeal for information. More Trending
Amal said that his five-year-old son 'looked up to him like a superhero'.
'How do you look at a child who adored him day and night, and tell them that he's gone and you don't have the answers why? That boy will have to grow up with no dad,' she added.
'If you think you may know anything or have seen anything, you may think it doesn't matter, but it might be the key to giving us an answer, and it might be the thing that finally lets our family take a breath. To stay silent is to be complicit.'
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