Four Arrested After Shots Fired at Concord Wedding

CONCORD, NH - Concord Police arrested four men over the weekend after witnesses reported gunshots at a local wedding. According to a release from the Concord Police, officers were called to the Bektash Temple on Pembroke Road around 1:20 a.m on Sunday, Apr. 21.

Police said witnesses reported shots fired behind the building and in its parking lot. When they arrived on scene, officers said they found more than 300 people at the wedding party with multiple fights erupting between groups of guests from Ohio and Tennesee and other parties.

According to police, someone from the Ohio group fired his gun first in a group that included children.

Soon after, witnesses reported seeing Salim Hussein, 22 of Nashville, TN, pointing a gun out of his white Chrysler into the crowd. At that moment, police said, another driver spotted him and crashed into the Chrysler.

There were no gunshot injuries reported.

Hussein was one of four men charged with rioting, which included Abdi Osman Mohamed, 18, of Erie, PA, Ali Dahir Hussein, 20, of Columbus, OH and Jafar Kahalid Issak, 19, of Columbus, OH.

Issak and Hussein were also charged with reckless conduct.

Police said all four were set to be arraigned in Merrimack County Superior Court on Monday.

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