MINNEAPOLIS — A man accused of fatally shooting another man in a Minneapolis Target parking lot at the beginning of the year is no longer facing any charges.
Barqalde Abdullahi Barqalde, 21, had previously been charged with second-degree murder for the Jan. 15 shooting. Charges were dropped last Wednesday because the state cannot prove the case beyond a reasonable doubt, according to court documents.
Police responded to the shooting in the parking lot of the Target at 1650 New Brighton Boulevard. Officers found the victim, a 19-year-old man, with a gunshot wound to the chest and a handgun nearby. The man was hospitalized and later died.
Charges say officers detained Barqalde, who was at the scene and told police the victim’s wounds were self-inflicted.
Police reviewed surveillance footage, which showed Barqalde and the victim “fall out a Tesla” and fight in the parking lot, according to the complaint.
A criminal complaint says Barqalde told police he had been driving the Tesla, and the victim was “playing with a gun.”