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The brother of a man acquitted of a gangland murder was shot Wednesday night in what is the city’s 74th shooting of the year and what police are probing as potentially the first instance of retaliation after the dramatic verdict weeks ago.

Tarig Mohamed, 44, was shot in the shoulder in the parking lot at Billings Bridge mall at 8:55 p.m. Wednesday. He then took himself to hospital. His injuries are considered non-life threatening.

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Tarig Mohamed is the older brother of Mohamed “Shadow” Mohamed, who, along with Nedeljko “Boz” Borozan, was acquitted of first-degree murder in the fatal shooting of drug dealer Mohamed “Magic” Najdi in early November.

Prosecutors alleged that Shadow was the gunman who fired two bullets into Najdi’s back in January 2016 as he fled for his life from six of seven men who plotted to kidnap him for a $40,000 ransom.

In stunning double verdicts, and after the Crown’s case was decimated by uncooperative witnesses who either refused to testify or abandoned their previous evidence, a jury found both Shadow and Boz not guilty of any crimes.