Grand jury indicts man in Canterbury Park prayer-service killing
A Scott County grand jury on Sept. 29, 2026 indicted Mohamed Abdirizak Rage, 29, on first-degree premeditated murder in the shooting death of Khalid Abdi in Shakopee.[1]
Surveillance video and witness accounts show Rage threatened Abdi inside the event, then followed him into the parking lot and shot him as he tried to run.[1] Rage surrendered to Shakopee police the next day and now faces bail set at $5 million with conditions, $6.5 million without.[1]
Abdi was shot May 27, 2026 outside a private prayer service at the Canterbury Park Expo Center in Shakopee.[1] Scott County Attorney Ron Hocevar called the killing especially heinous because it followed a sacred community service and involved an unarmed, fleeing victim.[1]
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- A Scott County grand jury on Sept. 29, 2026 indicted Mohamed Abdirizak Rage, 29, for first-degree premeditated murder.
- Victim Khalid Abdi was shot May 27, 2026 outside a private prayer service at the Canterbury Park Expo Center in Shakopee.
- Witnesses and surveillance video indicate Rage threatened Abdi inside, then followed him into the parking lot and shot him as he tried to run.
- Rage turned himself in to Shakopee police on May 28, 2026 and now has bail set at $5 million with conditions, $6.5 million without.
- Scott County Attorney Ron Hocevar publicly condemned the killing as especially heinous because it followed a sacred community service and involved an unarmed, fleeing victim.
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