PPB’s Focused Intervention Team Seizes Firearm During Traffic Stop

On Wednesday, December 3, 2025, at approximately 8:45 p.m., in the area of Southeast 82^nd Avenue and Southeast Foster Road, officers from the Portland Police Bureau's Focused Intervention Team (FIT) conducted a traffic stop on a vehicle that changed lanes without proper signaling. During the stop, officers contacted both the driver and passenger. The driver provided a valid driver's license, but he failed to provide proof of insurance for the vehicle. A tow was ordered, and during the inventory of the vehicle, a firearm with an extended magazine was located under the passenger's seat. Both occupants of the vehicle are felons and prohibited from possessing firearms. The two were subsequently arrested and lodged at the Multnomah County Detention Center (MCDC).

Abdikadir H. Hussein (driver), 28, of Portland, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, and Supplying Contraband

Ali I. Mohamed (passenger), 22, of Portland, Felon in Possession of a Firearm, Unlawful Possession of a Firearm, Detainer

Gun seizures like this one are an essential part of PPB's ongoing efforts to curb gun violence. Taking unlawfully possessed firearms out of circulation helps protect the community and supports broader violence-reduction strategies.

FIT is comprised of PPB members who were selected to be a part of this specialty unit tasked with helping address gun violence in the City of Portland. In between emergency calls, FIT builds relationships with community members and proactively deters violence consistent with their mandate. FIT is overseen by a group of community volunteers known as the Focused Intervention Team Community Oversight Group, or FITCOG. The FITCOG commenced in June 2021, in response to the gun violence crisis in Portland, to work with the Focused Intervention Team (FIT) and assist with recommendations to reduce gun violence through prevention, intervention, and response. For more information, see their website: https://www.portland.gov/fitcog. FIT also collaborates with the Enhanced Community Safety Team (ECST), a team of Sergeants, Detectives, and Officers who focus on investigating shootings.

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