A Rochester man was arrested Saturday in connection with the shooting death of Ryan Nissalke.
Muhidin Omar Abukar, 20, was arrested about noon Saturday on a routine traffic stop.
He is one of two men facing second-degree murder charges, accused of killing the 30-year-old Nissalke at his northwest Rochester apartment a week ago. The second suspect, Abdulkadir Ali Mohamud, remains at large. Warrants were issued for their arrests Friday by the Olmsted County attorney's office.
Police Capt. Brian Winters said Abukar was arrested in Seattle and is in custody at the King County Detention Center. He allegedly was speeding and was stopped by law enforcement. Winters said he has been told that Abukar gave a different name, and authorities there didn't discover the warrant until after they learned his real identity hours later. Rochester police were notified late Saturday afternoon.
Abukar will be taken to court in Seattle to see if he will waive extradition back to Rochester, or will challenge extradition. If he does not contest the extradition, he could be back in Rochester by the end of the week.
If he challenges extradition and says he is not the person Rochester authorities seek, then local authorities will need to obtain a governor's warrant. That paperwork is filed with the governor of Minnesota, then forwarded to the governor of Washington, who also has to sign the paperwork. The process can take weeks.
Source: PostBulletin.com
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