Man accused of shooting in Roxbury held for mental evaluation
By Jerome Campbell Globe Staff September 26, 2018
A Roxbury man who shot a member of his mosque and was found in possession of 10 firearms was ordered held Tuesday at a state hospital for mental evaluation.
Police said that Ismail Abdurrashid, 50, went to the Mosque for the Praising of Allah in Roxbury early Monday morning and shot a man twice. The man, who is in his mid-50s, is expected to survive.
The man told police Abdurrashid targeted him because he didn’t like how the mosque was being run, according to a police report. Abdurrashid was also angry because he believed the man was a sex offender, police said.
At his arraignment in Roxbury District Court, Abdurrashid pleaded not guilty to two dozen charges, including assault to murder. A court clinician told the court that Abdurrashid had been released from Massachusetts General Hospital’s psychiatric service three days ago.
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