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NEW: Kash Patel’s FBI Foils Mass Shooting Plot By U.S. Soldier
FBI Director Kash Patel issued a sizzling warning after the agency disrupted a plot for a mass shooting targeting a military base on behalf of the radical Islamic terrorist group ISIS. Patel, speaking with Fox News, said that any person who is targeting the country’s military or is working with foreign terrorist groups will be “prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law.”
The warning comes after former Michigan Army National Guard member, Ammar Abdulmajid-Mohamed Said, just 19 years old, was taken into custody for allegedly plotting to carry out a mass shooting close to the U.S. Army’s Tank-Automotive & Armaments Command, also known as TACOM, located at the Detroit Arsenal in Warren, Michigan.
“Let this be a warning: Anyone who targets our military or conspires with foreign terrorist organizations will be found, stopped and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law,” Patel said during his interview with Fox News Digital on Thursday. “I commend the men and women of the Joint Terrorism Task Force and our law enforcement partners for their continued dedication to protecting the American people.”
Officials revealed that Said “launched his drone in support of the attack plan” and told an undercover agent with the bureau that he recommended that “everyone have about seven magazines because you don’t want to be in there and run out of ammo.”
The suspect is now being charged with attempting to provide material support to a foreign terrorist organization and distributing information related to a destructive device. If he’s convicted, he could receive a maximum penalty of 20 years per count.
“In response, Said provided material assistance to the attack plan, including providing armor-piercing ammunition and magazines for the attack, flying his drone over TACOM to conduct operational reconnaissance, training the undercover employees on firearms and the construction of Molotov cocktails for use during the attack and planning numerous details of the attack, including how to enter TACOM and which building to target,” Fox reported.
Said first began speaking with the undercover agent in June 2024, believing him to be a supporter of ISIS.
“The complaint noted that Said enlisted in the Michigan Army National Guard in September 2022 and attended basic training at Fort Moore in Georgia. He later reported to the Michigan Army National Guard Taylor Armory before being discharged around December 2024,” Fox said.
“Our agents, intelligence teams, and partners acted quickly — and they saved lives,” Patel said in a post published Tuesday on X. “Well done to all on executing the mission.”
