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Suspect dead after ramming truck into Temple Israel synagogue in Michigan: Sheriff
No information yet on the perp's identity or motive. Could he be linked with Iran?
Then there was this shooting at a university in Virginia, by a convicted ISIS recruit from Sierra Leone:
Deadly Shooting at Old Dominion University Being Investigated as Act of Terrorism, Officials Say
It looks like the only fatality again is the perp. That's good.
Article form 2017 about his original conviction:
Ex-National Guard Member From Virginia Sentenced to 11 Years for Terrorism After Supporting ISIS
NBC News said:A suspect is dead after a shooting and vehicle ramming incident at a synagogue in West Bloomfield, Michigan, according to Oakland County Sheriff Michael Bouchard.
The suspect, who is believed to have had a rifle, died after a shootout with security, according to a senior federal law enforcement official briefed on the investigation.
Nobody inside the synagogue was hurt, Bouchard said, and the synagogue noted that all 140 students as well as staff, teachers and "heroic security personnel" are all accounted for.
Eight first responders are being treated at hospitals, Henry Ford Health said.
The sheriff noted that one synagogue security guard was hit by the suspect's truck and was “knocked unconscious” but is expected to be OK.
Temple Israel in a statement said the security personnel who confronted the suspect are "heroes" and the "teachers followed their training and kept the children safe and calm."
No information yet on the perp's identity or motive. Could he be linked with Iran?
Then there was this shooting at a university in Virginia, by a convicted ISIS recruit from Sierra Leone:
Deadly Shooting at Old Dominion University Being Investigated as Act of Terrorism, Officials Say
NY Times said:A gunman opened fire in a building on the campus of Old Dominion University on Thursday, killing one person and injuring two others, in what the authorities said was being investigated as an act of terrorism. The gunman, who also died, had previously been convicted on terrorism-related charges, according to people familiar with the investigation.
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The gunman has been identified as Mohammad Jalloh, who had been convicted years ago of attempting to provide material services to the Islamic State, according to people familiar with the investigation. The victims included members of R.O.T.C., officials said.
Kash Patel, the F.B.I. director, said in a post on X that the shooting was being investigated as an act of terrorism. Mr. Jalloh, a former member of the Army National Guard, was arrested by the F.B.I. in 2016 after an undercover investigation in which, the authorities said, he bought an assault rifle in hopes of conducting an attack. He pleaded guilty, was sent to prison, and released in 2024, the people familiar with the case said.
It looks like the only fatality again is the perp. That's good.
Article form 2017 about his original conviction:
Ex-National Guard Member From Virginia Sentenced to 11 Years for Terrorism After Supporting ISIS