A TikToker has been arrested after he allegedly bragged about murdering his co-worker over a debt.
Naqibullah Habibzoi, 23, of Houston, was taken into custody Thursday and charged with the May 31 killing of 34-year-old Awal Noor Kiftan, a fellow employee at a trucking company, per the Daily Mail.
Police were called to Kiftan’s apartment on Dartbrook Drive in San Antonio around 11:00PM on May 31.
Officers found him lying outside with multiple gunshot wounds, and he was pronounced dead at the scene.
According to a friend who was inside the apartment at the time, Kiftan received a phone call telling him to meet a woman outside.
When he stepped out alone, the friend said he heard gunfire moments later and discovered Kiftan on the ground.
Authorities later identified the woman as being in a relationship with Habibzoi, per the San Antonio Express News.
Both had previously been named as suspects in an alleged assault in April, and police now believe she lured Kiftan out of the apartment before Habibzoi carried out the shooting.
As investigators dug into the case, they uncovered a series of troubling posts on Habibzoi’s TikTok page, where he accused Kiftan of taking $31,000 from him.
“We never move on without taking revenge,” one since-deleted post allegedly read.
“If you do something bad to us, something bad will happen to you,” he wrote in another, according to an affidavit.
Habibzoi also claimed Kiftan “had his $31,000” and shared images including a firearm placed on a carpet alongside the Afghanistan flag. In another post, he allegedly uploaded a photo of the victim himself, per WLTX.
In a later video posted June 23, which remains online, Habibzoi spoke in Pashto about Kiftan being a friend who “tricked him and took his $31,000.” While denying that he carried out the shooting, he asked others to share the clip.
At one point, Habibzoi tried to distance himself from the incriminating content, claiming his account had been hacked to frame him.
But investigators noted that only a day later, he uploaded a new post featuring the same distinctive carpet from his earlier videos.
Police say Habibzoi later admitted to the killing during a phone conversation in Pashto. According to the affidavit, he told another man that someone was refusing to give him money, so “he finished them.”
When the man on the call mentioned hearing rumors about Kiftan’s death, Habibzoi allegedly confirmed it was true.
He then reportedly added that he “swears he did it with his hands” and said “his heart is pleased and satisfied.”
Cellphone records also placed Habibzoi in San Antonio on the day of the murder before returning to Houston shortly afterward.
In the aftermath, an online fundraiser described Kiftan as a “hardworking immigrant living far from his homeland.”
The page emphasized that his death left behind a “bereaved family and orphaned children... in urgent need of humanitarian and financial support.”
“Your kind assistance can bring hope and stability [to] a devastated, fatherless household,” the now-defunct campaign read. It raised more than $8,800 for his family.
Habibzoi is currently being held at Bexar County Jail on first-degree murder charges. His bail has not been set.