On Sunday, December 17, 2017, at 10:03 p.m., Fremont dispatchers received a 911 call reporting an assault with a deadly weapon (stabbing) incident in the 41000 block of Fremont Boulevard. Fremont patrol officers and fire paramedics immediately responded. Officers arrived within two minutes and immediately began providing trauma care to a male victim suffering from a stab wound. Fremont Fire paramedics took over medical care and officers established a crime scene, then began collecting witness statements and evidence at the scene.
The victim, Yusuf Nawabi (19 year old male, Fremont resident) was transported to a trauma center where he later succumbed to his injuries.
Multiple witnesses to the incident told officers they believed the incident initially began as a domestic violence dispute between a male and female. The argument escalated when the female, Ayah Abdallah (20 year old female, Fremont resident) stabbed Nawabi in the abdomen area. Following the stabbing, Abdallah immediately fled the scene in a silver Mercedes E-Class. Prior to Abdallah leaving the scene, witnesses obtained a partial license plate to the vehicle she was driving and provided officers with a detailed physical description.
Officers and detectives from the Fremont Police Department Investigations Unit coordinated efforts to locate the suspect vehicle in the 38000 block of Logan Drive. Surveillance was set up on the vehicle and at approximately 11:45 p.m., officers conducted a traffic enforcement stop as the suspect vehicle left the residence. Ayah Abdallah was the driver and sole occupant of the vehicle. The weapon believed to be used in the murder (a black knife with a 4 ¼” blade) was recovered on her person. Abdallah was arrested.
A search warrant was served at Abdallah’s residence and various items of evidence was seized. Additional witness interviews and physical evidence tied Abdallah to the murder. Abdallah was booked into Fremont Jail in the early morning hours for murder.
On December 19, 2017, the case was submitted to the Alameda County District Attorney for review and charging. Ayah Abdallah was charged with one count of PC 187 - murder and an arming clause (being armed with a deadly weapon). Abdallah is scheduled for arraignment in the case today at the Fremont courthouse.
Anyone with information about this case is asked to please contact Fremont Detective Brent Butcher at (510) 790-6956 or [email protected]. We also accept anonymous tips. Please text TIP FREMONTPD followed by your message to 888-777, or via the web at https://local.nixle.com/tip/alert/6216337.
This is Fremont’s second homicide of the year.
