Years active | 2000s-Present |
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Territory | Cedar-Riverside, Minneapolis and Saint Paul in Minnesota |
Ethnicity | Somali Americans |
Leader(s) | Mustafa Ali |
Activities | Drugs [1] |
Allies | East African Posse |
The Somali Outlaws are a Somali American gang. The gang originated in the Minneapolis–Saint Paul metropolitan area.
The Somali Outlaws is a street gang consisting of Somali American youths. [2] Mustafa Ali, the leader of the Outlaws, was shot three times in the chest and killed on October 11, 2019. [1]
The Outlaws' principal territory encompasses the area around the Karmel Mall in south Minneapolis, and in Saint Paul, Minnesota. [3] They are also located in the Cedar-Riverside neighborhood, which has a high concentration of Somali-Americans and Somali immigrants.
The Outlaws' main rivals are Hot Boyz, Madhiban With Attitude, and 1627 Boys, a gang named after a high-rise apartment building in Cedar-Riverside. [3] A shooting on one gang's turf can be followed hours, and sometimes minutes later, by a shooting in a rival gang's area. [3]