Dolal Bayle Idd biography: 13 things about Eden Prairie, Minnesota man

Dolal Bayle Idd was an American man from Eden Prairie, Hennepin County, Minnesota, United States. Born in Somalia, he is the fourth among the 11 children of Bayle Adod Gelle and Nima F. Ade, a Somali couple born in Kebri Dehar, Somali Region, Ethiopia.

Gelle runs a home health-care agency in Minnesota. He moved from Somalia to the U.S. shortly after Idd’s birth.

At 6:15 p.m. on December 30, 2020, Minneapolis Police Department officers Paul Huynh, Darcy Klund and Jason Schmitt fired at Idd, who was in a Chevrolet Cobalt with the vehicle’s female owner, during a traffic stop at the Holiday Gas station near East 36th Street and Cedar Avenue in Minneapolis, Hennepin County. According to the officers, Idd was a suspect in a felony and he fired at them first.

Idd died at the scene. After conducting an autopsy, the Hennepin County Medical Examiner listed the cause of death as homicide.

Among Idd’s siblings are Ikram Idd, Dalal Bayle Idd, Mohamed Amin Bayle Idd, Ilhan Idd and Hodan Idd. Dolal was 9 years younger than Ikram, 3 years younger than Mohamed, 2 years younger than Dalal, 3 years older than Ilhan and 10 years older than Hodan.

Dolal’s nickname was Dua. Here are 13 more things about him:

1. In 2000, he and other family members moved to the U.S. They first lived in San Diego, California, USA before moving to New Hope, Hennepin County then to Eden Prairie.
2. On March 11, 2014, his older brother Dalal was charged with first-degree aggravated robbery, first-degree assault, third-degree assault, fourth-degree assault and two counts of first-degree burglary. On April 27, 2015, Dalal pleaded guilty to all counts.
3. In 2015, he graduated from Eden Prairie High School. Shortly after his graduation, he visited Kebri Dehar and Jigjiga with a younger brother, Hodan, Ikram and Ikram’s three children.
4. In January 2016, he enrolled at Normandale Community College in Bloomington, Hennepin County.
5. On September 20, 2016, he was booked into Hennepin County Jail in Minneapolis.
6. In 2017, he was had a felony drug conviction. In 2018, he had a felony theft conviction.
7. On July 11, 2018, he fired a Smith & Wesson 9 mm handgun, which was stolen out of North Dakota, in the bathroom in the basement of his parents’ house along Lee Drive in Eden Prairie while two children were sleeping on the same level. He was not allowed in the house because he “scares the children,” SW News Media quoted his mother as saying.
8. On October 26, 2018, a warrant for his arrest was signed.
9. In 2019, he jailed for several charges, including theft, marijuana possession, credit card fraud, carrying a firearm without a permit and fleeing a police officer. For three months hat year, he lived in the Alliance Wellness Center, a group home in Bloomington, as part of a plea agreement.
10. Accused of stealing a vehicle, he was arrested on October 2, 2020 by the Bloomington Police Department and released on October 3, 2020.
11. On November 30, 2020, his older brother Mohamed allegedly fatally shot Shakur Freed Muhammed. On December 2, 2020, the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office charged Mohamed with second-degree murder. After Mohamed’ Amin’s arrest, he decided to move out of his family home in Eden Prairie and lived with a friend. After two weeks, he left the friend’s residence.
12. On December 11, 2020, his sister Ilhan got married. He did not attend the wedding but he sent her a long congratulatory text message. On December 27, 2020, he visited his mother in their family home in Eden Prairie then left.
13. On January 1, 2021, his family buried him in a cemetery in Burnsville, Dakota County, Minnesota. He was 23.