The gunman who opened fire on a Jewish man walking to synagogue in Chicago is an illegal migrant from West Africa who was released into the US last year — and he targeted the victim because of his faith, law enforcement sources tell The Post.
In another video shared with The Daily Wire by a neighbor, the gunman who shot an Orthodox Jew and shouted Allahu Akbar in Chicago is seen being shot by a police officer. pic.twitter.com/0yUXyp5bDq
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Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22 — who hails from Mauritania — crossed into San Diego in March 2023 and was screened by border agents, who quickly released him into the US, officials said.
SCOOP: When the Mauritanian illegal migrant accused of opening fire on a Chicago Jewish man was caught at the border last year, authorities didn’t find any criminal or terrorist histories linked to him, per multiple fed sources.
Border Patrol noted that Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi,… pic.twitter.com/T3Z8sJj0jr
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Federal investigators believe Abdallahi was specifically targeting Jews in an antisemitic attack when he ambushed a 39-year-old Orthodox Jewish man in the city’s West Ridge neighborhood — which is home to several synagogues, sources said.
