Cheektowaga, N.Y. (WBEN) - Law enforcement officials have charged a Cheektowaga man with multiple murder charges in connection with a crime spree he allegedly undertook Monday afternoon.
Saleh Mohamed, 29, has been charged for, allegedly, shooting and killing a convenience store clerk on Grant Street in Buffalo, and then murdering his wife and children in their Ellen Drive house in Cheektowaga.
Both incidents took place within one hour of each other, police officials confirmed.
It is alleged that at approximately 3:30 p.m., Cheektowaga Police officers responded to the residence on Ellen Drive. Police found three victims, a 26-year-old female, 4-year-old boy and 3-year-old boy, deceased inside of the home. Mohamed is accused of intentionally causing the death of his wife and two children.
Mohamed is scheduled to return to Cheektowaga Town Court for a felony hearing on Friday at 9:30 a.m.
He was then arraigned in Buffalo City Court on Tuesday on one count of Murder in the Second Degree (Class "A-I" felony).
It is further alleged that earlier on Monday at approximately 2:30 p.m., Buffalo Police officers responded to a store on the 1000 block of Grant Street near Military Road for a reported shooting. The victim, identified as 43-year-old male Shukri Muthana of Lackawanna, died at the scene. Mohamed is accused of intentionally causing Muthana's death in the city's Black Rock neighborhood.
Mohamed is scheduled to return to Buffalo City Court for a felony hearing on Friday morning. He was remanded.
Police in both Buffalo and Cheektowaga are continuing with their investigation.
