By Jim Clark

Somerville Police officers were dispatched to the Papa John’s restaurant on Somerville Ave. last week on reports of a fight.

The responding officers were informed that six men were fighting inside the parking lot. They were also informed that one man showed a firearm and took off in a car.

Dispatch further informed responding units that the license plate came back canceled to a different vehicle and was traveling on Somerville Ave. toward Union Sq.

Upon arrival at Papa John’s there was no one in the parking lot fighting, with only two men standing on the sidewalk in front of the store.

The officers questioned one of the men who stated that he was inside Papa John’s waiting for his food when a man, later identified as Mohamed Mohamed, of Cambridge, walked inside to pick up a Door Dash order.

The witness stated that Mohamed was asked to wait a minute and someone would be right with him. It seemed to the witness that Mohamed was in a rush as he got aggravated and walked behind the counter to get his order.

That was when employees and Mohamed began to argue, due to the fact that he was in an employee only area. At this point Mohamed reportedly began to yell and swear at the employees, causing one of the managers to come out from the back room to try to calm the situation down. Once the manager made contact with Mohamed, they both walked outside and out of view of the surveillance camera.

According to witness accounts, this is when the manager and Mohamed began to have words with each other, and during their argument Mohamed reportedly swung his hands toward the manager’s face.

Thinking that he was going to be hit in the face, the manager pulled Mohamed to the ground and held him down.

Mohamed eventually got up, went into his car, pulled out and cocked a silver and black handgun and stated that he was going to kill them. At this time there were about six people outside, all of whom ran in fear of being shot.

That is when Mohamed got back into his car and backed out of his parking spot and stopped once again, reaching into the middle console and grabbing his handgun and yelling, “I’m going to come back and kill all of you,” and then sped away down Somerville Ave.

Mohamed’s car was located by police while patrolling on Somerville Ave. at Kilby Street. Due to the nature of the call and the fact that a handgun was shown, officers advised Mohamed to keep his hands on the steering wheel where they could be seen.

The officers then approached the car and ordered Mohamed out. Once out of the car, Mohamed was brought to the front of the police cruiser so that he was beyond reach of his car and he was handcuffed.

A search of the car turned up a handgun, though it had no round in the chamber, as well as no magazine in the gun. A magazine was found in the center console with 14 rounds. A second magazine, which was wrapped in a paper towel, was found in the glove box during the search.

Mohamed reportedly stated that he arrived at Papa John’s to pick up a Door Dash delivery when the employees began to yell at him and kicked him out of the store. He further stated that while in the store he was surrounded and feared that he was going to be jumped and told them to fight him or let him leave. He said the he told them, “I have a gun in my car, I’m not going to get jumped.”

Mohamed was formally placed under arrest and taken to the police station for booking on charges of possession of a firearm without FID card, assault with a dangerous weapon, and possession of ammunition without FID card.

At the police station, Mohamed stated that he did not believe that he communicated correctly and he wanted to give the real story. He stated that while outside of the store three or four employees of Papa John’s surrounded him while one person held him down while the three others assaulted him, causing a small cut to his right elbow and right knee. Mohamed also stated that he was punched in the face and thinks his jaw might be broken.