Authorities say a Minneapolis man was charged with one count of second-degree attempted murder and one count of first-degree assault in connection with a May shooting at Kelley Park in Apple Valley.
Ibrahim Ali Mohamed, 20, was charged Tuesday in Dakota County District Court, according to the office of County Attorney Kathy Keena.
Shortly after midnight on May 10, officers were called to Kelley Park after a 911 caller said they saw a man with a black ski mask and gun in his waistband, according to court documents. While police were on the way to the park, 911 dispatchers received numerous calls about shots being fired there, including one call that a person had been shot.
Court documents state that Mohamed had been at the park a few hours earlier looking for his sister. While he was there he got into an argument and pulled a gun from under his sweatshirt. When someone grabbed at the gun to try to stop him from using it, he began hitting people with the weapon and pointing it at others.
Later, an 18-year-old man who had left the park received a phone call from someone saying that if he didn’t go back to the park, his friend was going to be killed. The 18-year-old drove back to the park. When he arrived, someone yelled at him, “Get out, they’re going to shoot.”
Then the man saw Mohamed about 100 feet away. The 18-year-old was shot in the face. Mohamed fled.
The 18-year-old was taken to the hospital with life-threatening injuries and underwent surgery, prosecutors said.
During the investigation, Mohamed admitted to wearing a ski mask and that he shot at a car in the park. He said he fired about 10 rounds from a peanut butter-colored P80 handgun and said he didn’t know the passengers inside the car.
His phone and his friends’ social media posts contained multiple videos of him displaying firearms, including a P80.
On Monday, he was arrested on a warrant and booked into the Dakota County jail. His bail was set for $400,000 without conditions and $150,000 with conditions. He is next scheduled to appear in court on July 23 in Hastings.
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