Hiiraan Online

By April Baumgarten

MINNEAPOLIS — A 28-year-old man accused in a 2021 fatal shooting in Moorhead was arrested on suspicion of a murder in Minneapolis over the weekend.

The Minneapolis Police Department booked Idris Abdillahi Haji-Mohamed of Rochester, Minnesota, into the Hennepin County Jail at 3:40 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 31, according to jail records.

A criminal complaint was not filed as of Monday, but police announced Haji-Mohamed was arrested after a Friday night shooting near the U.S. Bank Stadium in downtown Minneapolis.

Police said the victim was in his 20s and was sitting in a running car in a parking lot. The victim's name was not released.

Haji-Mohamed also faces a first-degree murder charge in Clay County District Court. He initially was arrested on second-degree murder but was released from the Clay County Jail in September 2021 after posting a $1 million bond.

A grand jury indicted him on the stiffer charge of first-degree murder on Nov. 19, 2021. A judge sent him back to jail and ordered he be held on an additional $750,000 bond.

He posted that amount in December 2021 and was released from the Clay County Jail.

Clay County prosecutors allege he shot 32-year-old Abdi Mohamed Abdi multiple times on Sept. 10, 2021, in a Moorhead apartment parking lot at 17th Street South and 30th Avenue South.

Ibrahim Abdiaziz Isaac, 31, helped Haji-Mohamed by driving him from St. Cloud, Minnesota, to the Fargo-Moorhead area the day of the shooting, according to prosecutors. Isaac bought a black 2015 Chrysler 200 and gave the vehicle to Haji-Mohamed, court documents alleged.

The vehicle was used in the Moorhead shooting, according to police.

Isaac waived his right to a jury trial and asked Judge Greta Smolnisky to decide the case. The judge found Isaac guilty of aiding and abetting murder in the first degree after a six-day trial that began Dec. 1.

Isaac has asked for a new trial. A sentencing hearing is scheduled for Jan. 27.