Middlesex District Attorney Marian Ryan and Malden Chief of Police Glenn Cronin have announced that Mohamed Abdulaziz, 35 of Somerville, has been charged with armed assault with intent to murder, assault with a dangerous weapon, carrying a firearm without a license and possession of ammunition in connection with a shooting that occurred early Sunday morning, June 18 in Malden.

He was  arraigned at Massachusetts General Hospital on Zoom.

Around 2:22 a.m. Mohamed Abdulaziz allegedly entered the lobby of an apartment complex on Overlook Ridge Drive in Malden and allegedly discharged his firearm striking a 33-year-old female who remains hospitalized at this time.  The preliminary investigation suggests that the defendant entered the lobby targeting a male potentially with the intent to rob him.  During the altercation the man who was targeted also discharged a firearm. That man has not been located at this time.

This remains an active investigation being conducted by the Middlesex District Attorney’s Office, Massachusetts State Police Detectives assigned to the District Attorney’s Office and Malden Police.

Anyone with any information about this incident is asked to contact Malden Police at 781-397-7171, via their text to tip line at 847-411 or online at maldenpd.com.

View the past press release here: https://www.middlesexda.com/press-releases/news/shooting-under-investigation-malden