Calls for hate crime charge as Jewish man shot in Chicago

A Chicago man has been charged with 14 felonies after shooting a Jewish man who was on his way to a local synagogue.

A Chicago man has been charged with 14 felonies after allegedly shooting a Jewish man who was on his way to a local synagogue. But some community leaders are questioning why hate crime charges have not been filed.

The Chicago Police Department said Sidi Mohamed Abdallahi, 22, is accused of shooting an unidentified 39-year-old man who was wearing a kippah, the Jewish skullcap, on Saturday, the Jewish sabbath, in the city's Rogers Park district. The victim was shot multiple times and was treated in a local hospital before being discharged Saturday afternoon.

“During the shooting, the offender approached a 39-year-old male and shot him in the shoulder without saying a word," Superintendent Larry Snelling said at a news conference Monday. Snelling said that there wasn't enough evidence to add hate crime charges to the list but said it remained a possibility.

The suspect then opened fire on first responders before he was apprehended, police said. The suspect was shot by police and is also being treated in a local hospital. There is a detention hearing scheduled for Tuesday.

Abdallahi is charged with six counts of first degree murder and seven counts of aggravated discharge of a firearm at officers and firefighters.

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