Minnesota police confirmed Monday that notorious inner-city Minesota landlord Abdullah Shah — who survived being shot in the head less than a year ago — was killed in a shooting in southwest Minnesota Sunday night.
Police are investigating the death as suspicious after finding Shah, 59, with life-threatening injuries outside his home in the Haddow neighbourhood.
According to a news release, police responded to a weapons complaint just before 10 p.m Sunday. Shah died in hospital after being rushed from the scene at his home, in the area of Heath Road and Riverbend Road.
Shah, also known as Carmen Pervez, was head of a group that owned residential real estate in central Minnesota that many neighbours considered problem properties for many neighbours. One property, owned by an associate, was the scene of back-to-back drug-related homicides in 2017.
Extensive legal history
Shah was a convicted fraudster who had an extensive history with the legal system.
He was jailed in 2008 for his role in a $30-million mortgage fraud scheme that landed him a five-year prison sentence.
In December 2020, Shah was handed a 15-month conditional sentence , including eight months of house arrest, for pressuring associates in the Minnesota Remand Centre to carry out a “hit” on a former employee who allegedly stole tools and equipment.
During that hearing, defence lawyer Paul Moreau said Shah was “transitioning out” of the rental business after selling off the “majority of his portfolio.”