It doesn't get much more wholesome and stereotypically American than hanging out outside high school graduations and getting busted for possessing machine guns, am I right? That's what happened in Minnesota, and wait ‘til you get a load of these guys' names.
Yeah, just a couple of rambunctious, young Americans named … Hamza Abdirashiid Said and Amiir Mawlid Ali?
Here's more on the story from KSTP 5 News in Saint Paul:
Court records show Hamza Abdirashiid Said, 20, and Amiir Mawlid Ali, 18, are each charged with unlawful possession of a machine gun.
Said was arrested on May 30 after he allegedly shot two victims outside Wayzata High School's graduation ceremony at Mariucci Arena on the University of Minnesota campus. He was found with a Glock 9 mm handgun equipped with a machine gun conversion device, commonly known as a 'switch,' charging documents state.
Said also faces state charges of first- and second-degree assault and possessing a machine gun.
The other man charged, Ali, was involved in a similar incident days later:
According to a separate federal criminal complaint, police initially encountered Ali during a traffic stop on June 3 after a vehicle failed to stop at an intersection. The occupants, including Ali, who was in the front passenger seat, told the Minneapolis police officer they were on the way to Edina High School's graduation ceremony, also at Mariucci Arena.
Jail records show that Ali was arrested on June 3 and released from the Hennepin County Jail without charges on June 5. The next day, June 6, he was arrested at the scene of a shots-fired incident at Burnsville High School's graduation ceremony.
It's good to know that a couple of fun-loving American youngsters can still get hold of a device that converts handguns into machine guns these days.
Acting U.S. Attorney for Minnesota Joe Thompson (whose name is actually about as American as it gets) filed the charges:
Social media users did not disappoint in their reaction to the news:
Both suspects remain in custody pending their first court appearances.
Congresswoman Ilhan Omar undoubtedly sends her thoughts and prayers out to these bright, upstanding young Americans.
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