MOORHEAD, Minn. (KFGO KVRR) – A Clay County grand jury has indicted a Rochester, Minn. man in connection with the September shooting death of Abdi Abdi in Moorhead.
Clay County Attorney Brian Melton says Idris Haji-Mohamed is charged with 1st-degree premediated murder. Haji-Mohamed was earlier charged with 2nd-degree murder.
Another man, Ibrahim Isaac, was also indicted for aiding and abetting 1st-degree premeditated murder.
Moorhead police responded to the shooting Sept. 10 near the corner of 17th St. and 30th Ave. S.
Haji-Mohamed was arrested in Rochester on Dec. 2 by Rochester police, Olmsted County deputies and the Minnesota Bureau of Criminal Apprehension.
Judge Galen Vaa modified Haji-Mohamed’s bail to $3 million without conditions or $1.75 million with conditions. Issac’s bail was set at $3 million without conditions or $2 million with conditions.
Melton says if convicted, both men will face mandatory sentences of life in prison.
