On June 1, 2026, a Cheektowaga home on Ellen Drive became the scene of a family massacre. Officers conducting a welfare check after a family member could not get an answer at the door found 26-year-old Aaisha Abdulla and her two young sons shot to death: 4-year-old Youssef Mohamed and his 3-year-old brother. All three victims had been shot.

Investigators linked the killings to 29-year-old Saleh Q. Mohamed, the children’s father and Aaisha’s husband. Mohamed was taken into custody after returning to the Ellen Drive residence while police were still processing the scene. Prosecutors say he was also connected to an earlier shooting that afternoon at a Buffalo convenience store on Grant Street, where 43-year-old store clerk Shukri Muthana was found fatally shot.

Mohamed was arraigned on charges including first-degree murder and multiple counts of second-degree murder; a grand jury indictment followed and he was held without bail. The motive remains under investigation.

If anyone knew Youssef or the family, or has information about the events of June 1, please come forward.