Second man charged in shooting that injured three teens in St. Paul
A second man has been charged in a shooting that injured three teens on the last night of the Minnesota State Fair Abhor Abdiasis Mohamed of Minneapolis was charged with three counts of aiding and abetting attempted murder and two counts of aiding and abetting drive-by shooting He was booked into Ramsey County jail on Friday and remains in lieu of million bail His first court hearing has not been scheduled Another man Musharaf Zainab Arab was charged in October with three counts of aiding and abetting attempted murder and two counts of aiding and abetting drive-by shooting During an interview on Dec Arab communicated leadership that Mohamed organized and gathered the group that night to hunt Muddy Boy gang members Their primary target was a well-known Muddy Boy who was involved in a fight with Arab in and part of a group that attacked Mohamed at the Mall of America in Muddy Boys had also caused problems at Arab s mother s store the complaint declared According to the criminal complaint officers responded to a shots-fired call at the Dugsi Academy charter school parking lot in the block of North Snelling Avenue about p m Sept They unveiled a -year-old who d been shot in the leg The teen reported police he was walking to his friend s car with others after the Fair heard gunshots and realized he d been shot He hid by railroad tracks until officers arrived He revealed he did not know anyone who would want to hurt him The two other shooting casualties arrived at area hospitals in private vehicles A -year-old with a gunshot wound to his calf presented up at Regions and an -year-old who d been shot in the neck arrived at Hennepin County Anatomical Center They also recounted police they were shot in the parking lot and did not know why One stated he thought it was fireworks at first until he saw blood running down his neck The other explained he heard gunshots in quick succession before they all scattered Officers recovered spent casings in three different locations beneath the Snelling Avenue bridge just east of the parking lot Analysis of the casings evidenced they were fired by three guns Surveillance video revealed a blue sedan park under the bridge Several people got out while the driver stayed put Shooters fired at the three teens from the street while another fired from a gravel area by the train tracks The shooters got back inside the sedan and it left Other surveillance video that caught the sedan established it resembled a blue Volkswagen About three hours later at a m Sept deputies were sent to a drive-by shooting at a BP gas station in Little Canada just east of Interstate E along Little Canada Road Surveillance video evidenced a blue sedan stopped at the intersection of Centerville Road and Little Canada Road The sedan circled back and went out of sight About two minutes later gunshots were fired at four men who stood outside cars at the gas station pumps The men fled apparently uninjured Deputies recovered seven casings near the gas station Investigators discovered the sedan was a Volkswagen Jetta owned by Arab the complaint says and that it had been involved in a gun-pointing case involving three defendants Aug in Minneapolis Location facts of Arab s cellphone place it in the area of both shootings the complaint says Analysis of the casings show the same mm handgun and -caliber handgun were used in both shootings Related Articles On maiden deployment USS Minneapolis-St Paul stops two drug smuggling operations in Caribbean Minneapolis man accused of threatening to kill member of Congress Teen shooter gets -year prison sentence for daytime chilling execution outside St Paul tobacco shop Four guns determined in and near St Paul high schools in a week s span Idaho police release body camera video of nonverbal and autistic teen s fatal shooting
