Saskatoon police seek help identifying men connected to suspicious death

The Saskatoon police are asking for the public’s help to identify five men in connection with the suspicious death of a 20-year-old man found in a downtown parking lot last week after apparently falling.

In eight surveillance photos, released by the police Thursday, the five men are seen entering the nine-floor apartment building on Sixth Avenue North downtown around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, July 20.

“This is another extension of the type of investigation that’s been conducted up to this point,” said police spokesperson Alyson Edwards. “Investigators are simply trying to gather as much information as possible. These (five men) are not being called suspects; they’re being called persons of interest. . . . They may have information that is useful to us.”

The body of Ahmed Abdi Mohamud, 20, was found in the parking lot just before midnight after a passerby called police to report a man lying on the ground behind an apartment building in the 300 block of Sixth Avenue North.

The police say autopsy results indicate Mohamud, originally from the Toronto area, suffered injuries “consistent with a fall.”

But police still don’t know if he jumped or was pushed, Edwards said.

The five men are seen entering the building together. The first man to enter is carrying a small black bag and wearing black cut off shorts; another man wears an Atlanta Braves baseball jersey; a third wears a faded fluorescent green shirt with “Carolina” lettering; and the last man to enter wears an Adidas jumpsuit, a black hat and black gloves.

An investigation into the death is ongoing.