Every day in the U.S. about 108 people are shot dead in one way or another.
At GunMemorial.org we try to post pages for all of these people
even though the circumstances of their deaths can be drastically different.
Dahir Adan, age 22
Fatally shot on September 17, 2016 in Saint Cloud, Minnesota.
Dahir stabbed and injured ten people at a shopping mall before being killed by an off-duty police officer.
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News sources:
- Minnesota mall stabber Dahir Adan's family says it's in "deep shock"
- the Guardian: The Counted: people killed by police in the United States – interactive
- KSTP: Family Identifies Suspect Shot at St. Cloud Mall
- Sep 18: Minnesota mall stabbings investigated as possible act of terrorism - The Portland Press Herald / Maine Sunday Telegram
- Gun Violence Archive
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