Amiir Mawlid Ali, now age 19, was convicted this afternoon on a felony gun charge after a three-day jury trial held at the federal courthouse in downtown St. Paul.
The U.S. Dept. of Justice put out a press release,
Jury Convicts Minnesota Man of Illegally Possessing Machine Gun
You will recall the incident from last June,
[Ali] was arrested after officers found a machine gun in his possession during a routine traffic stop as he was on the way to a high school graduation. Mr. Ali tried to flee the scene during the traffic stop but officers apprehended him before he could get away. The firearm was equipped with a machine gun conversion device and an extended magazine, which was loaded with over 30 rounds of ammunition.
That’s 33 to be exact, including one in the chambef. Ali could face up to ten years in prison on the charge. This incident and an unrelated one involving a Wayzata High School graduation shooting received much publicity at the time.
According to the original complaint, Amiir and two confederates were en route to Mariucci Arena on the campus of the University of Minnesota for the Edina High School graduation ceremony when pulled over by Minneapolis city cops. The three did not make it to the graduation site, the location of a shooting a few days prior.
Ali was caught with the 10 mm pistol described above during the traffic stop.
His sentencing will be scheduled at a later date.
