MINNEAPOLIS (KFGO KVRR) – A Rochester, Minn. man charged with 1st Degree pre-meditated murder in Moorhead in 2021 has been arrested in connection with a recent homicide in Minneapolis.
According to the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office, Idris Abdillahi Haji-Mohamed was taken into custody following a fatal shooting in the early morning hours of Dec. 31.
Minneapolis police say officers and deputies from the Hennepin County Sheriff’s Office responded to the report of a shooting Dec. 30 near S. 6th St. and Chicago Ave. Police say the man was sitting inside a running vehicle in a parking lot. He died at the scene.
Haji-Mohamed was booked for probable cause murder. Charges are pending in the Hennepin County Attorney’s Office.
In September 2021, Moorhead police responded to a shooting near the corner of 17th St. and 30th Ave. S. Haji-Mohamed was arrested three months later in Rochester.
Haji-Mohamed was eventually released from the Clay County jail after posting a $1.7 million bond.