Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, had already faced six counts of attempted first-degree murder, seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm, and aggravated battery.
CHICAGO -- Authorities on Thursday announced terrorism and hate crime charges against the man accused of shooting an Orthodox Jewish man in the West Ridge neighborhood last weekend, and then opening fire on police and paramedics.On Thursday, Police Supt. Larry Snelling announced Abdallahi also has been charged with one felony count of terrorism and one felony count of a hate crime .
'Hatred towards our Jewish community, it is not only hideous, it is wicked, and as the leader of this city, as a husband, as a father, it grieves me and it breaks my heart knowing that our Jewish community doesn't feel safe and secure in our beloved city. This is not just an attack against our beloved community of Jewish people, this was an attack against us as a city.
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