Brooklyn Park man charged in Edina domestic shooting

Hennepin County prosecutors have charged 26-year-old Mahamoud Hachi Farah of Brooklyn Park with attempted second-degree murder and illegal firearm possession after he allegedly shot his father in the head during a family dispute at an Edina home on Friday, May 1. Edina police were called about 10:40 a.m. to a residence on the 6300 block of York Avenue South, where they found the victim on the floor with a gunshot wound near his neck and jaw; he was rushed to Hennepin County Medical Center with a fractured jaw, a broken C2 vertebra and an injured carotid artery and remains hospitalized. Witnesses told investigators Farah has a history of drug use, threats and abuse toward the family and said they saw him shoot his father after an argument. Police say Farah fled in a white Chevrolet Impala, was arrested later at a Cub Foods in Brooklyn Park, and a Taurus 9mm handgun, matching Sellier & Bellot ammunition and drug residue were recovered from the vehicle; the ammo matches rounds stolen from a St. Louis Park business about 30 minutes before the shooting. Court records show Farah has prior felony convictions for threats of violence and second-degree drug possession, making it illegal for him to possess firearms or ammunition, which underpins the weapons charge alongside the attempted-murder count.