Minneapolis Shooting at Muslim Prayer Service Suspect is Named ‘Mohammed Rage’
A festive religious gathering in a Minnesota suburb ended in bloodshed last week, leaving a young family shattered and a community demanding answers.
Shakopee law enforcement officers flooded the Canterbury Park Expo Center just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, after reports of gunfire erupted from the facility.
What they found when they arrived stopped them cold.
A 26-year-old man lay on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds outside the event center.
The victim had been inside celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the most significant holidays in the Islamic faith, at a venue roughly 25 miles southwest of Minneapolis.
Emergency crews rushed him to Hennepin County Medical Center, but the injuries proved fatal.
Authorities subsequently identified the victim as Khalid Ibrahim Abdi, a 26-year-old Shakopee resident.
Abdi was a devoted husband whose wife was pregnant with the couple’s first child at the time of his death.
He worked as a field representative for AFSCME Council 5, a public sector labor union operating throughout Minnesota.
As many on X pointed out, though many media outlets did not, the shooting suspect is 28-year-old Mohamed Abdirizak Rage.
The break in the case came swiftly — and partly through the suspect’s own carelessness.
Investigators tied 28-year-old Mohamed Abdirizak Rage to the scene using his cell phone, which he left behind, along with witness accounts, the vehicle he drove to and from the location, and photographs matched against known images of him.
Shakopee law enforcement officers flooded the Canterbury Park Expo Center just before 10 a.m. on Wednesday, May 27, 2026, after reports of gunfire erupted from the facility.
What they found when they arrived stopped them cold.
A 26-year-old man lay on the ground with multiple gunshot wounds outside the event center.
The victim had been inside celebrating Eid al-Adha, one of the most significant holidays in the Islamic faith, at a venue roughly 25 miles southwest of Minneapolis.
Emergency crews rushed him to Hennepin County Medical Center, but the injuries proved fatal.
Authorities subsequently identified the victim as Khalid Ibrahim Abdi, a 26-year-old Shakopee resident.
Abdi was a devoted husband whose wife was pregnant with the couple’s first child at the time of his death.
He worked as a field representative for AFSCME Council 5, a public sector labor union operating throughout Minnesota.
As many on X pointed out, though many media outlets did not, the shooting suspect is 28-year-old Mohamed Abdirizak Rage.
The break in the case came swiftly — and partly through the suspect’s own carelessness.
Investigators tied 28-year-old Mohamed Abdirizak Rage to the scene using his cell phone, which he left behind, along with witness accounts, the vehicle he drove to and from the location, and photographs matched against known images of him.
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