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Victim Of Deadly Minneapolis Bus Station Attack ID'd As Shirwa Hassan Jibril, 75

MINNEAPOLIS (WCCO) -- The Hennepin County Medical Examiner's office has identified the man who was fatally attacked after getting into an argument on a Minneapolis bus last week as 75-year-old Shirwa Hassan Jibril.

Minneapolis police say Jibril last Wednesday asked a group of people on a Metro Transit bus to quiet down. Investigators say 23-year-old Leroy Davis-Miles verbally threatened Jibril, then followed him off the bus at the Chicago-Lake Transit Center.

Leroy Davante Davis-Miles
Leroy Davante Davis-Miles (credit: Hennepin Co. Jail)

There, he punched Jibril in the face, causing him to fall and hit his head on the pavement.

Davis-Miles was caught by police with the help of facial recognition technology. He was charged with second-degree murder Tuesday.

Jibril passed away Tuesday afternoon at Hennepin Healthcare, six days after the attack. His official cause of death was from blunt force head injuries.

Davis-Miles could face up to four decades in prison if convicted.

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