Hassan Mohamed, a 25-year-old Kenyan man, has been arrested in the United States after an alleged shooting at a McDonald’s restaurant in Ankeny, Iowa, on November 5.
According to the Ankeny Police Department, officers responded to the restaurant on Thursday night after receiving multiple 911 calls reporting that a person in a vehicle had fired shots through the drive-through window.
Upon arrival, officers found two male employees who had sustained injuries during the shooting, with one employee having suffered a gunshot wound to the arm.
Ankeny Police Department spokesperson Sergeant Trevor McGraw told the Des Moines Register that officers found an employee with a gunshot wound to his arm and immediately provided emergency aid.
In addition, the police assessed the second employee, who had been grazed by a bullet at the scene.
Investigators also established that neither of the two employees knew the suspected shooter before the incident.
“Officers found an adult male with a gunshot wound to his arm and immediately provided emergency aid. He is expected to survive. A second adult male was grazed by a bullet as well. Officers evaluated him at the scene, but he was not transported. The victims did not know the suspect,” Ankeny police spokesperson Sgt. Trevor McGraw said.
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Dispute Over an Incorrect Food Order
According to investigators, the incident followed a disagreement over a food order that was prepared incorrectly, after which the suspect reportedly fired multiple shots through the restaurant’s drive-through window during the confrontation.
After the shooting, investigators reviewed security footage from the McDonald’s and information from automated licence plate readers.
Police later located Mohamed at WoodSpring Suites in Ankeny, approximately two miles from the restaurant.
He was arrested without incident roughly one hour after the shooting, with assistance from the Polk County Sheriff’s Office.
Authorities said the investigation continued after the arrest and confirmed there was no ongoing threat to the public.
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Six Criminal Charges Hassan Mohamed Is Facing
Following his arrest, Mohamed was charged with six criminal counts connected to the shooting.
The charges include two counts of attempted murder, two counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon, one count of willful injury causing bodily injury and one count of willful injury causing serious injury.
According to reports from the Department of Homeland Security, Mohamed, the Somali citizen originally from Kenya, entered the United States in 2014 and was granted American citizenship in 2021 under the administration of former US President Joe Biden.
Further Police-based reporting identified him as a resident of Des Moines, Iowa.
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