CHICAGO – The 22-year-old man who was accused of shooting a Jewish man on his way to synagogue and then trading gunfire with Chicago police and paramedics has died. He was found unconscious in the medical building at his jail.
The Cook County Sheriff’s Office said that Sidi Mohammad Abdallahi was staying at Cermak Health Services, which is the medical center in the Cook County Jail. Around 3:30 p.m. Saturday, he was found not responding after what looked like a fall from a hanging. Staff members helped him right away, and when the Chicago Fire Department took him to Mt. Sinai Hospital, they declared him dead.
The police said there is no proof of foul play at this time and no signs of a suicide risk in the past.
Abdallahi was being held on charges of terrorism, hate crime, attempted murder, disturbing the peace with a firearm, and disturbing the peace with a weapon.
Around 9:30 a.m. on October 26, police were sent to the 2600 block of West Farwell Avenue to look into reports that someone had been shot. As police arrived and started to look into the case, a suspect who was later named Abdallahi fired shots at the police, hitting a Chicago Fire Department ambulance.
After that, Abdallahi shot at police officers from several places.
In the end, police officers ran into Abdallahi again in the 6800 block of North Washtenaw Avenue. They fired at each other, hitting him. He was treated at the scene and then taken to a nearby hospital, where he is said to be in serious condition.
Abdallahi shot a man in the 2600 block of West Farwell Avenue before running into cops, according to more evidence. They said the man was Jewish and that he was shot on his way to shul. He made it through the attack.
No cops or members of the CFD were hurt. At the spot, a gun was also found.