Aaisha Abdulla, 26, was found dead on the afternoon of June 1, 2026, inside a home on Ellen Drive in Cheektowaga. Officers responding at about 3:30 p.m. discovered Abdulla and her two young sons, 4-year-old Youssef Mohamed and 3-year-old Saif Mohamed, all shot to death. Those deaths were part of a broader series of fatal attacks that began earlier that same afternoon in Buffalo when 43-year-old deli owner and clerk Shukri Muthana was found shot and killed on the 1000 block of Grant Street near Military Road at about 2:30 to 2:38 p.m.

Investigators arrested 29-year-old Saleh Q. Mohamed of Cheektowaga, identified as Abdulla’s husband and the boys’ father. Prosecutors accused him of intentionally causing the deaths of Abdulla, the two children, and Muthana. Mohamed was arraigned in Cheektowaga Town Court late on June 1 on one count of first-degree murder and three counts of second-degree murder related to the Ellen Drive deaths, and separately arraigned in Buffalo City Court on June 2 on a count of second-degree murder in Muthana’s death. The Erie County District Attorney’s Office later indicted him on multiple first- and second-degree murder counts and said he remained held without bail.

Hundreds gathered at Masjid Al-Salam in Buffalo to pray before the burial, and community leaders spoke of shock and sorrow over the killings, especially the deaths of two very young children. Does anyone have information about the victims’ last known movements or the neighborhood around Ellen Drive on June 1?