The Brief
- Ayale Abdullahi Ali was sentenced to more than 37 years in prison in the May 2024 shooting death of a mother in Minneapolis that also injured a toddler.
- Ali pleaded guilty to murder on Thursday and was sentenced immediately after.
- Lillian Poalacin Perez had been holding her 2-year-old son in the back seat of a car when both were hit by gunfire.
MINNEAPOLIS (FOX 9) – A man will serve more than three decades behind bars after pleading guilty Thursday to a May 2024 shooting that killed a mother and injured a toddler in Minneapolis.
Ayale Abdullahi Ali pleaded guilty to first-degree murder in connection with the incident. He’ll serve at least 25 years in prison.
What happened
The backstory:
Ali was facing four counts of attempted second-degree murder and one count of second-degree murder, for allegedly shooting into a car with three children and their mother inside on May 19, 2024. …