Woman filed protection order hours before fatal shooting in east Lincoln

LINCOLN, Neb. (KOLN) - A woman filed a protection order hours before she was killed in an east Lincoln shooting on Wednesday.

Lincoln Police shared more information in an apparent murder-suicide that ended with one vehicle spun out, a woman suffering multiple gunshot wounds and a man found dead at the scene.

Officers were called out to the area of 84th and Sandalwood around 12:30 p.m. on report of a domestic disturbance. Two young women witnessed 21-year-old Michelle Gonzalez get hit by a black vehicle.

The good samaritans stepped in to help and took Gonzalez into their vehicle before driving off. However, the driver who’d hit Gonzalez, 28-year-old Ibrahim Alhamadani, followed them for a few blocks before crashing into their car, according to police.

The vehicle carrying Gonzalez spun out into a yard, and Alhamadani got out of his vehicle. He walked up to the crashed car and fired multiple shots at Gonzalez, striking her in the head, chest and abdomen, police said. Neither of the good samaritans were injured.

First responders then found Alhamadani dead at the scene with what could be surmised to be a self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Chief Michon Morrow. Gonzalez was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries, and she died later Wednesday.

Hours before the incident, Lincoln Police said Gonzalez filed a protection order against Alhamadani, and the protection order had been approved. Gonzalez wrote that Alhamadani had assaulted her earlier in the morning of Wednesday, beating her with a pistol while intoxicated.

Police said the protection order had yet to be served to Alhamadani, and it’s unclear how the two came into contact in the moments leading up to the shooting.

“The protection order was filed, and it was granted,” Chief Morrow said Friday. “There is a gap in time that is very small — that is probably around two hours or less of when we know she is OK and there is a safety plan that had been created — to when we have the incident occurring on 84th.”

The protection order also lists two other recent incidents of domestic violence.

Morrow said the investigation into the incident would continue, even though there is no perpetrator left to charge with the crime. She said the department remains committed to understanding what led up to the shooting for the sake of the victim’s family.

The National Domestic Violence hotline is 800-799-7233.

10/11 has looked into Alhamadani’s background, learning he’s had two previous protection orders filed against him by two separate women. He also served time in both prison and jail for domestic violence charges.

At the time of Gonzalez’s killing, Alhamadani was out on parole for a previous domestic violence case.

Ibrahim Alhamadani (mugshot from previous arrest)(Nebraska Dept. of Correctional Services)

Ibrahim Alhamadani Criminal History Timeline

2/25/25 - Michelle Gonzalez filed protection order against Alhamadani hours before he’s accused of killing her
6/21/24- Alhamadani released from state custody on parole for domestic violence charge
12/07/20 - Alhamadani starts sentence for false imprisonment, domestic assault
7/23/20 - Another victim files protection order, citing physical abuse
1/25/20- Alhamadani arrested for domestic assault, false imprisonment, terroristic threats & use of a deadly weapon after holding woman hostage and police stand off
10/30/19 - Another victim files protection order, citing harassment and threats
8/30/19 - Alhamadani arrested for possession of a firearm by a prohibited person (second offense)
10/11/18 - Alhamadani arrested for domestic assault, receives probation & serves 120 days in jail

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