Mohamed Ahmed Ibrahim, now aged 20, made his first appearance yesterday in federal court charged with being a felon in possession of a firearm. For now, Ibrahim is being held in the federal lockup at the Sherburne County jail.
At the hearing yesterday, court records indicate that a consular notice was entered into the file, indicating that Ibrahim may not be an American citizen.
According to federal court filings in the case, the guns involved are two 9-mm pistols. The felony conviction arose from an October 2023 incident at a house party in Minneapolis.
According to state court records, having just turned 18 less than three weeks before, Ibrahim attended said house party, intent on making a TikTok video. Wishing to employ a gun as a prop, he handed said object to a juvenile female, who then proceeded to shoot, accidentally, a second juvenile female in the face, resulting in the loss of one of the victim’s eyes.
Ibrahim fled the scene, on account of his already being on probation for an earlier gun charge from when Ibrahim himself was still a juvenile. In March 2024, he pled guilty to a felony count of supplying a firearm to a minor under age 18 (the first juvenile female).
He received a stayed sentence and no jail time.
After the first probation violation (March 2025), he was sentenced to 60 days of home detention. After the second probation violation (August 2025), Ibrahim was sentenced to 6 months in the county workhouse.
A third gun case was filed against Ibrahim in 2025. In May, he was pulled over for driving in the bus lane on Lake Street in south Minneapolis. A Glock .45 was visible in plain sight and a second 9-mm pistol was found in the vehicle. Neither weapon matches either firearm in the later federal indictment, implying the potential existence of a fourth gun case.
In the May 2025 case, he was charged with felony gun possession. In November 2025, he pled the felony down to a gross misdemeanor and received no additional jail time.
With all the talk about the need for more gun control, it appears that little effort is made at the state level to enforce existing gun laws.
In this instance, the feds have stepped in to prosecute the case (his fifth?) with perhaps more vigor.
Ibrahim is due back in federal court for a detention hearing on March 9.
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