A 25-year-old man accused of shooting two McDonald’s employees through a drive-thru window in Ankeny, Iowa, is identified by the Department of Homeland Security as a Somali citizen born in Kenya. Investigators say the shooting followed a dispute over an order that was allegedly filled incorrectly.
Police were called to the restaurant on the 2500 block of SE Delaware Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. Thursday, after callers reported that someone in a vehicle had fired through the drive-thru window. The suspect had left by the time officers arrived.
Officers found one employee with a gunshot wound to the arm and provided emergency aid. Fire department medics also treated him before he was taken to a hospital. He is expected to survive. A second employee was grazed by a bullet and assessed at the scene.
According to the preliminary investigation, the suspect fired several times at the employees after the dispute. The two workers did not know him.
Police used restaurant security footage and automated license plate readers to identify the vehicle and the suspect as Hassan Mohamed, of Des Moines. He was found at a hotel about two miles from the restaurant and arrested without incident roughly an hour after the shooting. The Polk County Sheriff’s Office assisted.
Homeland Security confirmed that Mohamed is a Somali citizen who was born in Kenya. He entered the United States in 2014 and became a U.S. citizen in 2021 under the Biden administration.
Mohamed faces two counts of attempted murder, two counts of intimidation with a dangerous weapon, one count of willful injury causing bodily injury, and one count of willful injury causing serious injury. Jail records indicate he remains in custody without bail.
The investigation is ongoing. Officials say there is no continuing threat to the public.
