A Jewish man going to a synagogue was shot in Chicago by a man shouting “Allahu Akbar.”
The suspect, Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, is believed to be an illegal immigrant from northwest Africa who entered the United States a year and a half ago, according to New York Post journalist Karol Markowicz.
Abdallahi has been charged with 14 felonies: six counts of first-degree attempted murder, seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm against a police officer or firefighter, and one count of aggravated battery.
The Chicago Police Department said in a news release that after shooting at a 39-year-old man, Abdallahi “then fired at responding officers and paramedics multiple times from various locations. Officers returned fire, striking the offender.”
Deputy Police Chief Kevin Bruno told reporters the “armed offender approached from behind and fired shots at the victim, striking the victim in the shoulder.”
“Responding officers responded to the scene, and as they were on the scene, at about 9:55, the offender reemerged from an alley and fired shots at the officers and at the responding paramedics,” as well as at an ambulance, he said.“Over the next two-and-a-half minutes, the offender emerged from various locations and exchanged shots with the officers,” Bruno added.
