
Two men arrested, warrant issued for third in shooting of Winnipeg soccer player
WINNIPEG — Police have charged two men and issued a warrant for a third in a deadly shooting outside a Winnipeg soccer complex.
Police were called to the complex in July during the Canada African Cup of Nations soccer tournament, where they found one of the players, 22-year-old Mohamed Yusuf Abdullahi, with gunshot wounds.
Police said at the time they believed the shooting was targeted and not directly connected to the soccer event.
Const. Dani McKinnon says one of the accused was an acquaintance of Abdullahi and that investigators believe the shooting is tied to drug or gang activity.