good evening Erica this mosque is
usually a gun-free building but that
wasn't the case Wednesday night these
fliers posted all throughout the
premises proof of that and this scare
couldn't have come at a busier time
that's because this could quite possibly
be the holiest day of the year for the
Muslim faith as hundreds of people are
praying inside these walls on the
outside extra security is on the lookout
security guy trying to stop him shows
him a weapon an armed man makes his way
inside a Northside mosque Wednesday
night he said forget it
I'm going in to pray so she don't want
to argue after waving off security and
claiming to be retired Chicago police
officer and it called to be retired
military the alleged retired officer
wearing a cofee cap on his head taking
off his shoes before entering through
the back of the room seemingly there to
pray but out of sync with the other
worshippers struggling to stand on his
own intoxicated with the gun shabbir
patel is director of security for Mucky
mazeed mosque in Albany Park show him
and gunto Patel tells CBS to the worship
center is experiencing larger turnouts
than usual lately with Ramadan underway
Wednesday night while this man was armed
and inside this gun-free Building there
were also 300 adult in about a hundred
and fifty kids who were playing up there
and once word reached the Muslim
community worshippers were worried oh my
god I was praying with the guy with the
loaded gun I was busy on the phone for
for our people are actually scared and
crying so faith leaders filed a police
report and informed the man he could not
return then the next night about 10:45
p.m. he walks in again and insist he
wants to go back in only this time
officers were on hand this cell phone
footage showing his encounter with
Chicago PD
yeah that was yesterday the man
admitting he entered the mosque armed
the night before we're just here to pray
inside our own property Patel says he's
not only called in extra security we're
gonna be out with the full visible force
but contacted both Chicago Police and
the Cook County Sheriff's Department
asking them to remain on alert as
Ramadan continues and those Cook County
Sheriff Deputies are on hand as well a
pair of them on top of the extra
security officers we showed you that
were on hand out here at this point no
cause for concern yet but I'm told some
of these worshipers will be here until
4:00 a.m. here for what could be the
holiest night of the year for the Muslim
faith now I asked for Chicago Police I
did reach out to them earlier this
afternoon requesting information on the
trespasser who came here both prior
nights to find out if he was in fact a
retired officer or if he even was
allowed to have a gun so far no answer
to either of those questions well Ivan
Albany Park this evening Erik Cox CBS 2
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