An illegal migrant accused of shooting an Orthodox Jewish man on his way to a Chicago Synagogue used his cellphone to search for synagogues and Jewish community centers in the area.
An illegal migrant accused of shooting an Orthodox Jewish man multiple times as he made his way to a Chicago Synagogue last month used his cellphone to scour for synagogues and Jewish community centers in the area shortly before the attack, according to Fox 32 Chicago. His cell phone also contained more than 100 'antisemitic and pro-Hamas' images and videos, according to the Chicago Sun Times citing police.
At a detention hearing Friday, prosecutors said Abdallahi’s cellphone data showed the suspect had been seeking out targets for days before shooting. Among several addresses Abdallahi had mapped on his phone was a synagogue just a block from the shooting scene and another synagogue in Hyde Park. Two weeks before the shooting, his Google search history showed he had looked up 'Jewish Community center' and a gun store in suburban Lyons, prosecutors said.
He then fired twice in the direction of four police officers searching for evidence and a pair of paramedics tending to the wounded man, McCord Rodgers said. Abdallahi then ran down an alley, cut through a yard and then circled back toward the ambulance as paramedics were loading the injured man. Abdallahi again shot at the ambulance, hitting it twice as a fifth police officer returned fire. He then fled and ran through a front yard, where he paused to fire another shot at a police officer.
Mauritania is a majority Muslim country in northwest Africa. The Department of Homeland Security deems illegal immigrants from Mauritania as 'special interest aliens' due to security concerns, and they are supposed to receive additional DHS vetting. Immigration and Customs Enforcement had initially told Fox News Digital that it had no interaction with him.
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