[citation needed] He was also known to be the first volunteer to fight against the rebels, and well-known in Libya for shooting down an American fighter jet above Misrata.
Senussi had been retreating after accomplishing what was asked of him by Gaddafi which was destroying the runways of Tripoli International Airport.
In the process, he engaged with NATO forces as well as ground troops and proceeded to meet Khamis in the countryside of Tripoli with a convoy after anti-Gaddafi forces had seized control of the Libyan capital, Tripoli, after a battle with Gaddafi loyalists for the city in August.
[4] When the convoy neared the city of Tarhuna, they clashed with NTC fighters resulting in the deaths of both Mohammed Senussi and Khamis Gaddafi.
However, on 15 October a Syrian Pro-Gaddafi TV station that had been broadcasting audio messages from Gaddafi and his spokesman since Tripoli was overrun by NTC forces in August, confirmed their deaths, posting pictures of Khamis and Senussi and broadcast verses of the Qur’an saying that "they died fighting enemies of their homeland.