Fridley police identify 17-year-old homicide victim

Updated: 3:45 p.m. | Posted: 12:10 p.m.

Police in the Twin Cities suburb of Fridley are investigating a homicide.

Authorities say officers were dispatched on a call of a male not breathing on the side of a road shortly after 1 a.m. Monday. Police say the manner of death indicates a homicide.

The victim is Mohanned Abdul Hafiz Abukhdeir, a 17-year-old boy from Fridley, according, to Anoka county officials.

The Midwest Medical Examiner's Office and the Anoka County Sheriff's Office are assisting with the investigation.

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