On October 26th, 2024, Chicago Emergency
Dispatch received a startling phone
call. Someone just got shot in front of
the house. Okay. Do you see this person
outside? Yes, he's standing, but he's
with some people. Okay. Slow down. Slow
down, ma'am. Slow down. How many people
are shot? One. Someone's helping him,
but he said to call 911 out the window.
Are they still shooting? No, there was
like three shots. He was shot and
they're wearing a yellow utility vest,
looking like he was a worker. First
responders rushed to provide aid to the
victim, a 39-year-old Jewish man who,
according to local reporting, was
walking to a synagogue on Sabbath.
Meanwhile, officers fanned out through
West Rogers Park, a middle-class
neighborhood in northern Chicago that is
known for its multithnic culture,
including the Midwest's largest hidic
community. The east side of Farway is
where the victim say he was walking.
East side of Washington between Farwell
and Mo.
I'm guessing it was one shot.
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101 101 101 in the alley. North alley.
Shots fired to police. Red Hoodie
heading eastbound in the alley from uh
Farwell.
We got emergency
four3 washer before
South.
I don't think I am. He pull me off. Do
you want to come in?
Are you okay? Yeah. Okay.
Hey, stay out of the area. We got to
shoot somebody. shooting up
here. Stay behind something.
Okay. What the is going on? Where is
this guy? Over here. Over here. He's
behind us now. Hey, he's right here. I'm
far away. He's right here. There he is.
He's down. He's down. Ambulance
got a man down.
Give me a little breathing.
I can't see his gun though. Give me his
gun. Put your hands away from the gun.
Get away from all Turn to your stomach.
Turn to your stomach.
You got him down. Get the away from him.
You're in my line of fire. Get the back.
Turn over your stomach.
Is there shots fired? I was getting
shot. I haven't shoot out over there.
Shots fired in that area.
Follow officer over your stomach.
Shots fired by in the police shot fire
in the alley.
Watch your stomach. That's an order.
No one come from
Look for cover. Back up. Back up. Back
up. Back up. Back up. Hey, partner. Back
up. Back up.
Get back.
Okay. Unknown male with a gun in her
driveway.
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Stay tight, man. Stay in tight.
You got to be careful over here though,
too. If they don't have visual on They
have him. He's on the He's on the
sidewalk. He's right there.
He's not respond.
Oh, I want to go in. Yeah. Going to have
to move up, guys.
Going to have to
hold on. Hold on because a few minutes.
Don't rush.
Come
on. Want me to help him? Come on. Come
on. Come on. That way. Get down. Go that
way. Go that way.
Guys, there's a civilian on the other
side of the house.
Is he moving? He's still breathing. He's
still breathing.
Keep coming while we
walk. Anybody got
their
drunk? Yeah.
Take him down. Throw another gun.
location.
657.
You okay?
Who recovered the gun?
Stop. You're going
to see
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I'm not either.
Cut it. Cut it. Take a knife. Scissors.
Got scissors. Looks like we have
over there.
You sure this?
No, that's a hole. I don't see out of
there.
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Shell case. There's a magazine over
here. That's your That's your That's
your magazine. Yeah. You walked around
this way when you saw
it. Everybody now.
You all right?
You see the magazine? I don't have a
magazine here. I'm going to clear this
weapon.
Let's close up the area. Everybody off
the area now.
He shot it over here. Where? Where?
He shot it. No, I did. I was right
there.
Hang in there, buddy.
I think I was right there. I'm not
seeing a mag.
Yeah, he went there. He came over there.
Then he went down. I was the first one
to shoot. He was running. He displaced
the the weapon.
I'm not
seeing him by
his side.
And then uh he's about to shoot. I shoot
at him. Just coming. Take in there. All
right. The alley and I can't remember
everything cuz it happened so [ __ ]
fast. But then I shot again when he
popped back up like Frankenstein.
Is there a magazine there at all? Uh
rounds. I see just rounds. My rounds.
So there has to be there has to be a
little This is the shell casing that was
in his He's got them all over. No, I
know, but this one doesn't match.
Yes. I need you to keep going that way.
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We do. Just keep going. Keep going.
We're blocking this whole street off.
We got Jimmy. We got three casings right
here. Yeah.
We got
Oh [ __ ] We got live rounds over here.
Yes, there's about But they're all over.
Yeah.
Take a deep breath, man. You want to go
all the way across? He shot me like 10
times.
Yeah. The suspect identified as
22-year-old City Muhammad Abdullahi was
taken to an area hospital in critical
condition where he recovered from his
wounds well enough to appear in court.
Abdullahi faced six counts of attempted
first-degree murder, seven counts of
aggravated discharge of a firearm and
aggravated battery. According to local
reporting, investigators quickly
discovered that Abdullahi chose his
victim because of his Jewish faith,
leading prosecutors to formally charge
him with hate crimes and terrorism. On
November 22nd, 2024, Abdullahi appeared
in court for the first time, where
prosecutors revealed that in the days
prior to the attack, Abdullahi saved the
locations of nearby synagogues, searched
for Jewish community center, and
searched for a gun store. His phone also
included more than 100 anti-semitic and
pro- Hamas images and videos. According
to the Chicago Sun Times, Abdalah's
public defender stated in court that he
was an immigrant from Moritania who
lived in the United States for two years
and worked at an Amazon warehouse,
making this case the only known instance
of an immigrant crossing the US border
illegally to commit a terrorist attack.
8 days later, Cook County Sheriff's
staff were conducting routine security
checks at Surerac Health Services and
found Abdullahi unresponsive in his
cell. He was taken to Mount Sinai
Hospital where he was pronounced dead.
The Cook County Medical Examiner's
Office ruled Abdullah's death as
suicide. His victim was released from
the hospital 5 days after the shooting.
However, additional information
regarding his condition could not be
obtained.