A Cuyahoga County grand jury indicted Hammodi Alnaser in the North Olmsted shooting deaths of his wife and son.

An indictment is the grand jury's decision to charge. It is not a conviction, and it does not set a sentence. The prosecutor's office listed two aggravated-murder counts, four murder counts, one attempted-murder count, six felonious-assault counts, and two endangering-children counts. Cleveland 19 reported that North Olmsted police still have not described a motive. The arraignment is still ahead.

The Cuyahoga County Prosecutor's Office announced that a grand jury on Monday, Oct. 5, 2026, indicted Hammodi Alnaser, 44, in the shooting deaths of his 18-year-old son, Ahmed Alnaser, and his 42-year-old wife, Nadia Qolamany, at their home in North Olmsted. Cleveland 19 spelled the defendant's name Hammodi Ahmed Ali Al Naser and the wife's name Nadia F. Al Naser, and it identified the son as Ahmed H. Al Naser. Those are the names on the two public accounts of the same case. The office said the indictment charges two counts of aggravated murder, four counts of murder, one count of attempted murder, six counts of felonious assault, and two counts of endangering children. Prosecutor Michael C. O'Malley said, "There are no words for this horrific act of violence. Two lives were taken, and six children were forced to witness an unimaginable tragedy. We will hold this defendant accountable." The office said he will be arraigned at the Cuyahoga County Justice Center at a later date. An indictment is the charging paper. The trial, if there is one, has not happened.

The office said that on Sept. 19, 2026, Alnaser shot Ahmed Alnaser and Nadia Qolamany multiple times inside the residence near Gessner Road and Evelyn Drive, that North Olmsted police and EMS responded and arrested him there, that Nadia was pronounced dead, and that Ahmed was taken to a hospital and later pronounced dead. Cleveland 19, citing North Olmsted police, reported the shooting was at a home in the 3800 block of Evelyn Drive, that officers found the 18-year-old outside the front of the home with multiple gunshot wounds, and that the 42-year-old wife was found inside, also with multiple gunshot wounds, and pronounced dead. The prosecutor's office said six other family members, ages 3 to 17, were present, and that a 14-year-old was grazed by a bullet and treated. Cleveland 19 reported that North Olmsted Police Detective Lieutenant Matt Beck said the motive remains unknown. Those are the police and prosecutor accounts of the scene. They are the allegations the indictment puts in front of a court.

Cleveland 19 reported on Oct. 6 that Alnaser remains held at the Cuyahoga County Jail on a $2 million bond. The same station reported on Sept. 24 that a judge had lowered the bond from $5 million to $2 million and bound the case over to the grand jury. Monday's indictment is the grand jury's return on that bind-over. It adds the counts the office listed. It does not decide whether he fired the shots, why the shooting happened, or what term a judge would impose if a jury convicts. All defendants are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law.