FBI charges Minnesota 18-year-old with plotting an ISIS-inspired Mall of America shooting after an undercover FBI employee sold him an AK-47

The sting. Sheikhdoon Abdullahi Mohamud, 18, of Richfield, Minnesota, was arrested in a park on Tuesday, Oct. 6, after paying an undercover FBI employee posing as an ISIS member $600 for an AK-47 and 200 rounds. The rifle had been made inoperable; the ammunition was live, per Fox News. An FBI informant had been messaging him since December 2024, about 22 months before the arrest. The charge. He is charged with receiving a firearm and ammunition knowing they would be used in a federal crime of terrorism. The alleged plan. Prosecutors say he told contacts he meant to kill 30 to 60 people. Asked if he was serious, he allegedly replied: "yes i am 100% sure ... I would have backed out by now if I wasn't sure."