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The man shot and killed Tuesday by Boston police was plotting with another suspect to behead a cop, a law enforcement source told FoxNews.com
Rahim was shot outside a CVS Pharmacy in Roslindale, Mass. at approximately 7 a.m. Tuesday. Boston Police Commissioner William Evans told reporters that members of the Joint Terrorism Task Force approached Rahim to question him about "terrorist-related information" they had received when he moved toward officers with the knife. Evans said officers repeatedly ordered Rahim to drop the knife but he continued to advance. He said task force members fired their guns, hitting Rahim once in the torso and once in the abdomen. Rahim was taken to Brigham and Women's Hospital, where he was pronounced dead. Later, the FBI and local police arrested a man at a home in Everett, Mass., in an action authorities said was related to the Roslindale shooting. Christina Diorio-Sterling, a spokeswoman for U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz, said Wright was taken into custody from his home in suburban Everett. She said Wright will face federal charges and is expected to appear in U.S. District Court on Wednesday. WFXT reported that three different Joint Terrorism Task Force teams had been carrying out 24-hour surveillance on at least three different people in the Boston area, though it was unclear how long that had been going on.The plot may have been inspired by the terror group ISIS, who have repeatedly called on followers in the United States to attack law enforcement officials or military installations. Evans did not comment on the report that Rahim had been radicalized by ISIS, but said "Obviously, there was enough information there where we thought it was appropriate to question him about his doings ... He was someone we were watching for quite a time."
There is surveillance video from the scene which will be released after Rahim's family and civil rights advocates view the footage.
The Islamic Society of Boston Cultural Center said its security firm hired Rahim as a security guard for a month in mid-2013. Executive director Yusufi Vali said Rahim didn't regularly pray at the center and didn't volunteer there or serve in any leadership positions. The FBI and Rhode Island State Police also searched a property in Warwick, R.I. in relation to the Roslindale shooting. Police sealed off a street, requiring anyone who lived there to show identification to pass the police cordon, but it was not clear if they had anyone in custody. A 17-year-old told the Boston Globe that police had asked him about a neighbor in his mid-20s named Nick. The teen told the paper Nick often wears long robes and prays in his front yard.
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| Posted by:Steve White |
| #8 How many more sons does Obama have? |
| Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418 2015-06-03 22:49 |
| #7 David Wright? Man, the Mets can't catch a break. |
| Posted by: davemac 2015-06-03 21:46 |
| #6 An Nahar answers the question why civil rights advocates and others got to view the surveillance footage before it was released: A Muslim community leader, who was shown a video of the incident by police and the FBI, said the footage was inconclusive but expressed doubts over the family's account. "It was not at a bus stop. He was not shot in the back," said imam Abdullah Faaruuq. It was not clear what happened and the knife was not visible but "he was approaching them. They did back up," Faaruuq said. Evans said the video showed five law enforcement officers retreating with their hands up, and that witness and officer accounts had detailed commands on the suspect to drop his weapon. "You see them go a good 15 yards with a threat coming at them. We can all agree. The weaponry is not clear, but with five officers coming at them, there was no doubt in the video," said Boston Police Commissioner William Evans. |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2015-06-03 17:53 |
| #5 "I'm all broken up about his human rights." |
| Posted by: Raj 2015-06-03 15:24 |
| #4 Was "Nick... Nick Charles," private detective, Receptive to Muslim invective? "The boy," said his pastor, "Spurned Myrna and Asta... We think he was kinda defective." |
| Posted by: Zenobia Floger6220 2015-06-03 14:23 |
| #3 clearly a case of bringing a knife to a gunfight |
| Posted by: Bigfoot Cheasing1093 2015-06-03 12:58 |
| #2 Well he's "bingo" now. |
| Posted by: Bright Pebbles 2015-06-03 11:51 |
| #1 Executive director Yusufi Vali said Rahim didn't regularly pray at the center and didn't volunteer there or serve in any leadership positions Quiet fellow, kept to himself, showed up for the odd "Bingo Night"... |
| Posted by: Pappy 2015-06-03 11:41 |