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(áááSTACEYááá) Des Moines Police hope a new 5- thousand dollar reward brings new leads in the case of missing 18-year-old AbdullahiSharif. (áááSTEVEááá) Sharif disappeared on January 17th - after leaving the Target store at Merle Hay Mall - where he worked. KCCI's Laura Terrell has learned new details about the investigation. (áááLAURAááá) We learned Des Moines detectives have worked hundreds of hours on this case -- and still have not been able to find any video footage of Sharif after he vanished. (áááPKGááá) This is ástill the last known image of 18 year old Abdullahi Sharif. Standing in the Target store on Merle Hay around 5:30pm on January 17th. <IF ANYONE HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THIS YOUNG MAN'S DISAPPEARANCE -- WE WANT YOU TO CALL.> Community leaders, police and family members held a press conference Wednesday to announce a new 5- thousand dollar reward for information in Sharif's disappearance. <WE NEED THE COMMUNITY TO STEP UP.> KCCI learned this Des Moines man -- who owns a business nearby -- donated the money. <I AM VERY SAD. YOU SEE MY FACE. I AM VERY SAD BECAUSE I KNOW THE KID. SO THAT'S WHY I DONATED.> Police call the case baffling. They've spent hundreds of hours on it -- and still can't locate any video footage of Sharif after this image. <WE KNOW THAT HE LEFT THE STORE AND WENT INTO THE MALL VOLUNTARILY. FROM THE TIME WE LOSE TRACK OF HIM -- WE DON'T ANY IDEA WHAT HAPPENED.> Sharif's phone went out of service after he vanished. Police say there's been no online banking or social media activity. <OUR LEAD INVESTIGATOR TOLD ME THE OTHER DAY, THERE HAS BEEN A COUPLE NIGHTS WHERE HE HAS LAID AWAKE ALL NIGHT TRYING TO FIGURE OUT WHERE COULD HE HAVE POSSIBLY GONE??> Police have not ruled out foul play -- something that terrifies the family. Sharif's mother says she's spent the last 12 days crying in her son's room. <HER GOAL IS TO SEE HER KID COME HOME SAFELY.> <WE'RE ASKING IF ANYONE HAS ANY INFORMATION. GOOD, BAD OR INDIFFERENT. WE'RE ASKING THE COMMUNITY TO COME FORWARD AND HELP US BRING THIS YOUNG MAN HOME.> (áááLAURAááá) Sharif is a senior at Roosevelt High School. His principal and friends say he was a good student, not involved in drugs and one day wanted to become a doc

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The Des Moines Police Department announced Wednesday it isn't ruling out foul play in the case of Abdullahi Sharif, a missing Des Moines teen. Sharif, 18, was last seen leaving Target at 5901 Douglas Ave. near Merle Hay Mall on Jan. 17."I've had people say to me: 'He's an adult. What if he just decided to leave?' Well, if he's an adult and decided to leave, that's OK, but there is nothing here to indicate that's what happened," said Sgt. Paul Parizek, with Des Moines police. Sharif's family announced they, along with the community, have raised money for a $5,000 reward. "If anyone had anything to do with this young man's disappearance, we want you to call," said Ako Abdul-Samad, a Des Moines youth advocate.Police have called this case baffling. They've spent hundreds of hours on it and still can't locate video footage of Sharif after he left Target. "We keep checking back to see if (Sharif's phone) powers on," Parizek said. "We keep checking back to see if we get a ping or a blip somewhere, and we are going to keep doing that until we get those answers." Police also said there's been no online banking or social media activity from Sharif. "Our lead investigator told me the other day, there has been a couple of nights where he has laid awake all night trying to figure out where could he have possibly gone," Parizek said. Sharif's mother said she spent the last 12 days crying in her son's room. "We are asking the community for help. We are asking the community to take on a position to not think they are snitching," Abdul-Samad said. The family asked that anyone with information about Sharif's whereabouts share it with the Des Moines Police Department at 515-283-4811.