IC man charged after allegedly buying shotgun for ineligible person

Lang
1/26/23

Iowa City Police have arrested a man they say purchased a shotgun for another person who is ineligible to possess firearms.

20-year-old Dhyaaaldin Mohammad of Westwinds Drive was booked into the Johnson County Jail just after 4:15 Wednesday afternoon. Police say Mohammad purchased a shotgun from Scheels in Coralville on Valentine’s Day of 2021. Two days later, police found the gun in the possession of a subject who is prohibited from carrying weapons. The man is seen on security video with Mohammad during the purchase at Scheels.

Mohammad is charged with Providing False Information in Acquiring a Weapon. If convicted, he faces a maximum of five years in prison.