FBI Arrests 18-Year-Old Plotting Mass Shooting at Mall of America

The Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) has arrested an 18-year-old man suspected of plotting a mass shooting at the Mall of America in Minnesota, Walla and The Jerusalem Post reported. The suspect, Shakhdon Abdullahi Mohamud of Richfield, Minnesota, was arrested on October 6 and charged with receiving firearms and ammunition to commit a federal terrorism offense.

According to Arutz 7 and The Jerusalem Post, the suspect acted under the inspiration of ISIS and told an undercover informant that he planned to kill between 30 and 60 people at an event scheduled at the mall in late October. Reports noted that Mohamud targeted the venue in part because he believed it was under Jewish ownership. Further details regarding upcoming legal proceedings have not yet been released.