USA v. Mohamud, Sheikhdoon Abdullahi
Richfield, MN

ISIS

[DMN] Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, of Richfield, Minnesota, was charged for Role in Plotting to Conduct a Mass-Shooting Event in Support of ISIS at the Mall of America. According to the complaint, beginning in or about December 2024, Mohamud exchanged hundreds of messages through multiple social media and messaging applications with a confidential source. Mohamud expressed his desire to travel to Somalia to join a designated foreign terrorist organization to fight on its behalf. Mohamud also expressed a desire to commit a mass-casualty event in Minnesota by acquiring and using a firearm and ammunition. The defendant stated many times that if he was unable to travel overseas because of a lack of funds, he planned to carry out a mass-casualty event in Minnesota in support of ISIS. In July 2026, Mohamud sent messages discussing his intent to carry out a mass-casualty shooting attack at the Mall of America because he claimed it was owned by Jews. He wrote that wanted to kill 30 to 60 people so no one would go there.