Minnesota shoplifting bust narrowly thwarts potential mass-shooting planned by suspect: ‘Deathtoamerikka’

A Minnesota shoplifting spree turned retired to beryllium thing acold much nefarious — pinch constabulary alleging nan deranged suspect was plotting to transportation out a religiously-charged “mass-casualty” shooting wrong hours.

Mohamed Adan Mohamed, 24, was arrested connected April 17 aft he took disconnected from a Mankato sporting equipment shop pinch much than $2,000 worthy of ammunition magazines, assemblage armor and carnivore spray, according to Blue Earth County charging documents.

Store labor had noticed Mohamed prowling astir nan shop successful an oversized jacket, aesculapian disguise and hat, and grabbing costly items disconnected nan shelves without checking nan prices.

When they confronted him, he explained he was buying supplies for his AR-style rifle, according to nan docs.

Mohamed Adan Mohamed, 24, was arrested aft allegedly plotting to transportation retired a wide shooting successful Minnesota Embed LInk

Police were called to nan segment complete reports of a suspicious person, but earlier they could arrive, Mohamed ran disconnected pinch nan equipment arsenic shop information tried to extremity him. He past leapt into a minivan without plates and sped distant — jumping a curb and astir hitting personification successful nan process, nan papers alleged.

However, he near down a shopping database astatine nan scene, labelled “Survival Gear List pinch Alternative” — which included a sleeping bag, weapon magazines, capsicum spray, knives, lighters and front and arrows.

One of nan responding officers reviewing nan bizarre database remembered a caller investigation into a section man who’d been posting videos of himself pointing guns astatine nan camera.

And nan hashtags connected those videos — allegedly posted by Mohamed — publication “deathtoamerikkan&israelliImperialism,” according to police.

Investigators recovered that a Sienna matching nan 1 seen astatine nan segment was registered to Mohamed’s reside successful adjacent St. Peter, and wished “there were beardown indicators that Mohamed was preparing to behaviour immoderate benignant of attack successful nan adjacent twenty-four hours,” which they besides called a imaginable “mass casualty event.”

Investigators searched Mohamed’s location and recovered an battle firearm and 2 3D-printed guns. He was past arrested astatine his home.

The St. Peter location wherever Mohamed had an battle firearm and 3D-printed guns that he allegedly planned to usage successful a shooting CBS News

Neighbors said they are saddened by Mohamed’s apprehension but not wholly surprised. A erstwhile classmate recalled that he had been struggling pinch intelligence wellness since precocious school.

“We grew successful St. Peter together, and it’s heartbreaking,” a neighbour named Dunia told CBS Minnesota. “We conscionable commencement seeing Mohamed conscionable commencement talking to himself, not socializing pinch us, pinch nan kids.”

“He has a very beautiful heart,” she added. “He’s a really bully guy. It’s just, he’s not mentally, physically location correct now astatine nan moment.”

Mohamed was charged pinch felony theft, and threats of violence. Both charges could transportation sentences of up to 5 years successful prison.